Oh my gosh, I totally overlooked this post, I was reading the comments and reminded that you mentioned maybe writing a post.. Thankfully, I checked :)
It's true that you can't know for sure unless someone really tells you directly. I think quite often though, such as with these hive goals post (I think you may have been my inspiration at the time too, lol) we acknowledge the fact that someone else started this initiative at least once. At least I know I do..
For me it's clear that most of the members in the silver community here have inspired me in some way already. It can be by sharing a certain coin from a certain collection, some history of a certain coin or just sharing their knowledge which I can use as resources now or in the future when I get lost on the web. I think it feels a bit safer asking advice from the people in the community here rather than a random person online.
Thank you for taking the time to write a post, I'm very sorry for catching it so late though!
!PIMP it :)