barjon
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Yes as far as vendors are concerned nothing should be done to discourage the idiotic get rich quick newbies. Who else are they going to sell to? The Leopard?
Yes as far as vendors are concerned nothing should be done to discourage the idiotic get rich quick newbies. Who else are they going to sell to? The Leopard?
Oh, I forgot to mention the other deletions - those which are clear ads, promos or hooks - you don't see most of those before they are deleted since we're so quick off the mark ( I wish
) 'bout a dozen of those today.
complete rubbish imo, until you provide examples. the new members who get stick are ones that either:
~ are lazy. These fit into two common types: 1. lazy with zero initiative: asking a question "what is a future?" which would be more easily asked & better answered using google; 2. looking for a heads up on an imminent punt/easy money - "which way is the FTSE going...up or down?". Both 1)s & 2)s neither have the capacity nor the desire to trade. (examples: Take your pick).
~ think they are dogs knackers after 2 days demo trading. (Aster1).
~ regurgitate nonsense frequently (Marooh).
~ are vendors (Take your pick).
Would a new member have posted on BMT forum a thread stating how rich they will be in 2 years from now having never traded before? Maybe theres a rule about new members posting crap over there, perhaps?
Any new member who has asked a question of late which is fairly reasonable (ie they have put some thought into it (and thats not subjective - eg its a genuine q & its obvious they have done some work etc etc), is dived on by every senior member around who wants to share their 'wisdom'....cos its so rare, and refreshing.
New members are in fact much more a curse imo - there are so many posting one sentence posts which have no relevance / something so inane / already stated previously....its a waste of time reading it, often they bump v old threads (only v occasionally is the old thread good). wouldn't surprise me if these members are t2w bots.
Of course these new members are potentially new customers for you.
Depends on what they post I suppose. If you post that you made $3 million on your first day demo trading and now you're offering to mentor others you probably deserve a bit of stick.
I only give grief to newbies that deserve it ......
If they are genuine (and not fishing) then to simply join and then post a thread like .....
Greetings all
I know nothing about Trading - Please tell me how to trade
or other inane and unresearched questions (read the beginners to T2W stuff perhaps first ?)
Sorry - but then they deserve it !
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thx for the examples - they deleted now![]()
Fact is - you pick up a book on trading from Barnes & Noble & it might tell you all about MACD, Stochastics and MA crossovers.
Then you come here to ask how people use these things and get torn a new a$$hole.
We all had to start somewhere.
That's a bit unfair. The only anti indicator brigade ridiculing people tends to be vendors with alternative tools that they are desperate to promote.
I for example tend to steer people asking indicator type questions to bbmacs threads where they will at least see an approach that makes sense, and considers how indicators can be used in a wider context.
Those getting torn a new a$$hole tend to be those with a clear agenda. Someone has to do it, and in the absence of any proactive policing by t2w staff and moderators, certain members of the community have been forced to take on this role.
Oi be quiet or i'll be forced to tear you one![]()
complete rubbish imo, until you provide examples. the new members who get stick are ones that either:
~ are lazy. These fit into two common types: 1. lazy with zero initiative: asking a question "what is a future?" which would be more easily asked & better answered using google; 2. looking for a heads up on an imminent punt/easy money - "which way is the FTSE going...up or down?". Both 1)s & 2)s neither have the capacity nor the desire to trade. (examples: Take your pick).
~ think they are dogs knackers after 2 days demo trading. (Aster1).
~ regurgitate nonsense frequently (Marooh).
~ are vendors (Take your pick).
Would a new member have posted on BMT forum a thread stating how rich they will be in 2 years from now having never traded before? Maybe theres a rule about new members posting crap over there, perhaps?
Any new member who has asked a question of late which is fairly reasonable (ie they have put some thought into it (and thats not subjective - eg its a genuine q & its obvious they have done some work etc etc), is dived on by every senior member around who wants to share their 'wisdom'....cos its so rare, and refreshing.
New members are in fact much more a curse imo - there are so many posting one sentence posts which have no relevance / something so inane / already stated previously....its a waste of time reading it, often they bump v old threads (only v occasionally is the old thread good). wouldn't surprise me if these members are t2w bots.
Of course these new members are potentially new customers for you.
I would have thought t2w needed all the posts it can get at the moment. Perhaps thats the reason the place is dead, everyone has been told to be quiet
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I don't suppose it has occurred to you that in these savage economic times, people simply don't have the money to fritter away on their gambling addictions
Too busy living hand to mouth or giro to cheque casher to pawn broker whilst at the same time being soaked for every penny by govt and the bailouts etc etc.
Perhaps those in the industry would know if business volumes are down.