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| No, It is perfect the way it is |
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| Iceemaan |
 Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject: Forum Talk |
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I must comment on this then I will stop. It would be nice to see some people posting on this forum.. People like me who enjoy the interaction that posting brings could get very saddened in this forum. In my other forums if I don't look at the site for more than 2 hours there are 25-30 new posts to read. (About the same number of members). I personally want to build up my e$ account so I can make some bigger purchases and I am not finding a lot of posts to comment on or to read and discuss.
Even the games go four and five hours with no posts. That is unbelievable to me. This is such a nicely run site it is a shame that there are not more active members.
There are some but the amount of inactivity on the boards is baffling.
It doesn't even need to be about investing just general banter would be a welcome addition. I have learned a lot in the couple of days I have been here just by reading all throught the past and present posts. But this site could offer so much more if there were more active members.
I don't know how many of you belong to other forums, but let me tell you the more posts and different things that there are to talk about the more enjoyable the forum is. Whether the posts are related to the forum topic or not.
For example on my poker forums I would say about 20% of the posts are poker related and the rest is chit chat and games and fun things to kill time.
OK I am done griping I will be quiet now and see if this helps anything... I'm not trying to offend anyone and I think you do a very nice job of running this site Benjamin. It is well organized and maintained. |
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| geb9696 |
| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree with what you are saying. I used to post on a couple of car forums with around 100,000 members. To actually read all of the posts that happened when I was away it would take a few hours. Granted I do not think people want it to be that busy here a few more posts are always nice. |
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| nelaina |
| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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i also agree. i am on another forum (a music related forum) with about 50,000 members. the average member count online is about 500 but that board moves so fast. i could post a reply to a topic and in the time it takes me to reply, the topic has just about moved off of the first page already.
its strange because even though about 500 people are on at once i would have to say about 90 percent of them are just lurking because it really is about the same 25-50 people posting all thru certain hours. granted alot of what is spoken on that board is clutter and nonsense, but initially thats what attracted me to the forum, the fact that it moved fast and was funny and chaotic to read, but still provided the purpose.
so yes, i think its interesting to have a board that moves alot more, with a broad range of members and would keep my interest longer. Thats why its great to have a variety of topics available, or at least a place for all of them. |
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| Iceemaan |
| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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| Well mabey this thread will alert people to the fact that we would like to see a more active board, we can hope at least |
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| Dave Rathbun |
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The down-side of a really busy board is trying to keep up.  I run another board that gets between 300 and 400 new posts a day. I can't read them all anymore, so I don't. I've been on other boards with a similar level of activity, and I'm forced to be selective as to what I read in order to get to them all. I don't want quantity, I want quality.
Reading 30 different "welcome to the board" messages isn't what I consider quality.  It's not a problem to have them, and I think welcoming new members is great, I just tend to skip that part of the board because I value my time, and my time that I can spend here is limited.
Yes, an active board is great. But to be honest, I think we're at a fun part in this board's history right now. We're getting a decent number of posts, we are developing a core set of users that will be able to sit around and say " remember when " in a couple of years when we've got 200K posts and 20K users.  |
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| Im Not Warren Buffett |
| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Dave Rathbun wrote: | I don't want quantity, I want quality.
Reading 30 different "welcome to the board" messages isn't what I consider quality. It's not a problem to have them, and I think welcoming new members is great, I just tend to skip that part of the board because I value my time, and my time that I can spend here is limited.
Yes, an active board is great. But to be honest, I think we're at a fun part in this board's history right now. We're getting a decent number of posts, we are developing a core set of users that will be able to sit around and say " remember when " in a couple of years when we've got 200K posts and 20K users. |
I think we are definitely transitioning, but I think what will really help us get a great forum is when we have people who put something of substance into their posts. Word association doesn't really float my boat, if you know what I'm saying.  |
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| geb9696 |
| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe you could do an in depth analysis of a different stock each day and tell whether you are bullish or bearish on it. It seems that whenever threads like that are created they seem to get a lot of responses in them. I also like your idea of tracking your portfolio. It shows exactly what you are thinking and why you are making the moves that you do. I do not have any other ideas on what you can do right now but I will post them here if I think of anything else. |
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| Iceemaan |
| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Im Not Warren Buffett wrote: | | Dave Rathbun wrote: | I don't want quantity, I want quality.
Reading 30 different "welcome to the board" messages isn't what I consider quality. It's not a problem to have them, and I think welcoming new members is great, I just tend to skip that part of the board because I value my time, and my time that I can spend here is limited.
Yes, an active board is great. But to be honest, I think we're at a fun part in this board's history right now. We're getting a decent number of posts, we are developing a core set of users that will be able to sit around and say " remember when " in a couple of years when we've got 200K posts and 20K users. |
I think we are definitely transitioning, but I think what will really help us get a great forum is when we have people who put something of substance into their posts. Word association doesn't really float my boat, if you know what I'm saying. |
I definately understand and respect your opinion.. But I think there are many people on here that come for the challenge and excitement of the "game" of trying to build a respectable portfolio. And don't understand a lot of the jargon and lingo in a lot of the posts that are made. And I think that is a deterent for a lot of people. I think what makes a great board is a variety of things to talk about and a variety of people to talk to.
While the main objective here is to learn something about the market and the way it runs, it is nice to be able to "blow off some steam" while you are doing that.
Just one person's humble opinion |
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| Im Not Warren Buffett |
| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| geb9696 wrote: | | Maybe you could do an in depth analysis of a different stock each day and tell whether you are bullish or bearish on it. It seems that whenever threads like that are created they seem to get a lot of responses in them. I also like your idea of tracking your portfolio. It shows exactly what you are thinking and why you are making the moves that you do. I do not have any other ideas on what you can do right now but I will post them here if I think of anything else. |
Fidelity estimates that there are more than 15,000 stocks trading in the US. If your goal was to analyze every stock in America in one year, you couldn't expect to spend 20 minutes on each one. With that in mind, I think postings on specific stocks tend to get higher responses because:
1. They are kind of rare 
2. It exposes people to new stocks
Staying with the positive (#2), I can't hope to be acquainted with most stocks. What I can do is offer an overview of it based on indicators I am comfortable using. All I need to quickly analyze a company is a name and a ticker, thats where YOU come in. If you say something like "I'm a n00b looking into CRAP will it go up soon", I'll do what I can to answer.
Let me think about how I would do this "analyzing" first before I make myself financially liable for your retirement. That is a joke, I'm never wrong. Any problems you encounter investing on my advice must be your doing.
As for my running open portfolio; I like it because I need to explain myself. Its a journal you can all see and comment on, and its already working because poornewb knew my holdings and pointed out retail news to me. I think things like that will make this forum a great resource. |
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| frusnak |
| Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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It is nice to see an increase in responses and the more the merrier so to speak. However this is an investing forum where we can exchange ideas and learn about stocks, their trends, news and ideas on how to make money. Being social is important but I am here to try new ideas and learn what ever I can to help my goal of becoming financially independent. Maybe that is why a higher percentage of members do not post. They come and read the posts for ideas then move leave. Some of us are more willing to socialize than others  |
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| geb9696 |
| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:21 am Post subject: |
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| Im Not Warren Buffett wrote: |
Fidelity estimates that there are more than 15,000 stocks trading in the US. If your goal was to analyze every stock in America in one year, you couldn't expect to spend 20 minutes on each one. |
I do believe that I said one stock a day so the fact that over 15000 stocks in America has nothing to do with my comment. I do believe that having a sort of stock of the day would bring a lot of conversation to the boards. This way it will keep people open to what everyone else is thinking and where each person thinks the money is to be made. |
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| nelaina |
| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| geb9696 wrote: |
I do believe that having a sort of stock of the day would bring a lot of conversation to the boards. This way it will keep people open to what everyone else is thinking and where each person thinks the money is to be made. |
I agree, and i also think it would help people get into the mode of doing their dd and gettting to know a company, then making their own decisions as to follow it or not.
but who would choose the stock of the day? |
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| frusnak |
| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| nelaina wrote: | | geb9696 wrote: |
I do believe that having a sort of stock of the day would bring a lot of conversation to the boards. This way it will keep people open to what everyone else is thinking and where each person thinks the money is to be made. |
I agree, and i also think it would help people get into the mode of doing their dd and gettting to know a company, then making their own decisions as to follow it or not.
but who would choose the stock of the day? |
I think that a stock a day is a great idea. Why don't you two take turns every other day? |
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| nelaina |
| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:53 am Post subject: |
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| frusnak wrote: | | nelaina wrote: | | geb9696 wrote: |
I do believe that having a sort of stock of the day would bring a lot of conversation to the boards. This way it will keep people open to what everyone else is thinking and where each person thinks the money is to be made. |
I agree, and i also think it would help people get into the mode of doing their dd and gettting to know a company, then making their own decisions as to follow it or not.
but who would choose the stock of the day? |
I think that a stock a day is a great idea. Why don't you two take turns every other day? |
Ok I would be willing |
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| poornewb |
| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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Im with warren buffett jr on this one Sure ive done my share of post whoring but I try and keep it to a minimum, I feel if I dont have anything worth while to add to a serious post ill keep my "cools" and "right ons" to my self.
Instead of trying to find another post to post IN, its nice when some one makes a new post about a stock with INFORMATION in it not Hi im a nOOB and what do you think of my crap stock?
Buffett has it right all the better stock picker will sit down to someone and explain WHY they are buying a stock then you can hear for yourself are you SURE. IF you come on here and ask about a stock and youve done no research you will get burned most of the time.
SO I say lets keep the serious posts serious and the asimo death match posts were they belong. |
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