First of all, a quick shout out to my friends in law enforcement, who have taught me which questions to ask.
This is a Las Vegas forum. As such, there are certain expectations regarding the posters, content, and the interactions among posters.
I'm going to present a few observations. These observations, once made, seem obvious. The observations are based on an analysis of the previous 50 posts of personas on this forum. The observations are regarding the characteristics of the posters' content.
Each characteristic I will mention is unusual for a Las Vegas forum, but not extremely rare. For any single poster to exhibit all of the following characteristics is, however, very, very unusual and almost never seen.
Here we go:
1) Almost no details posted regarding Las Vegas. No places, sights, anecdotes. And especially no recent details. This would seem to be very unusual for a Las Vegas forum poster, unless they were a newbie, in which case the following is even stranger:
2) Almost no questions posted regarding Las Vegas, outside of an occasional query directed to Alan. This is also highly unusual.
3) Very little positive to say about any other poster's experiences, expertise, or knowledge, outside of an occasional kudos directed (again) to Alan.
4) Studiously avoiding questions or discussions regarding math or probability. This is a Las Vegas forum; one would expect at least an occasional broaching of math subjects.
5) Almost no discussion of games of choice, such as blackjack, sports betting, bingo, or whatever. A poster studiously avoiding this subject is also highly unusual.
Think about this list of characteristics. For a poster to exhibit all of the above characteristics would be highly, highly unusual. You'd find almost nobody fitting this bill at LVA or LVAdvice or WoV. A poster exhibiting all of these would be of very little value to a forum and could be a more or less toxic presence.
Now here's the interesting thing: this Las Vegas forum, which has just a handful of high-volume posters, has a group of posters who all display all of these unusual characteristics. How is that possible?