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Has the ET neighborhood gone to hell?
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81.54% |
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18.46% |
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tetramorium
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 76 |
06-12-09 10:00 PM
Has the ET neighborhood gone to hell?
Yes. But there are probably worse places to be (in particular I am thinking of the unutterable dullness of purgatory). Hell is quite warm too.
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William Rennick
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 3423 |
06-13-09 04:06 AM
I believe the state of ET reflects the state of the Market. Jaded Traders everywhere realizing that the Markets are based on bullshit. ETers en masse have gotten screwed using conventional wisdom to try and play the Market. If it is in a book, it is worthless. Markets cannot work if everyone is using the same tools, reading the same indicators, and reacting to the same price points. It was great when only 90% were getting blown out, now it is near 99.5%.
.5% Rennick out
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mxjones
Registered: Dec 2005
Posts: 553 |
06-13-09 02:09 PM
The problem is you get a large group of people in one place who don't take personal responsibility for anything and hope to get rich by doing as little work as possible. They find out that isn't the case, and their already negative, lazy, and hateful mindset gets worse by the day. So these people do nothing but attack others, openly try to stir up conflict and controversy, and eventually drive away the respectful, serious contributors. So guess what is left?
While the moderation of ET lacks something to be desired, I don't think that even if it was perfect it could do anything but slow the progression.
Just like Arnold said in "Terminator 2":
"It's in your nature to destroy yourselves."
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Thunderdog
Registered: Aug 2002
Posts: 10056 |
06-13-09 03:09 PM
Quote from mxjones:
The problem is you get a large group of people in one place who don't take personal responsibility for anything and hope to get rich by doing as little work as possible. They find out that isn't the case, and their already negative, lazy, and hateful mindset gets worse by the day. So these people do nothing but attack others, openly try to stir up conflict and controversy, and eventually drive away the respectful, serious contributors. So guess what is left?
While the moderation of ET lacks something to be desired, I don't think that even if it was perfect it could do anything but slow the progression.
Just like Arnold said in "Terminator 2":
"It's in your nature to destroy yourselves."
I think that's a fairly astute assessment.
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drcha
Registered: Dec 2008
Posts: 668 |
06-14-09 04:03 AM
If we are destroying ourselves, it's our own fault. I refer to the rude, sophomoric and sometimes venomous posts that can hijack an otherwise great thread. People who write these need attention. I wish everyone would just ignore them, ignore them, ignore them! Instead they respond, sometimes in kind. Sometimes I want to tell people to ignore them, but even doing that provides attention for them, so I don't. Isn't that a vicious cycle (OMG, we're back to the appliances).
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TSGannGalt
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 1980 |
06-15-09 05:14 AM
Actually, I think it's a little better.
I see that people don't want to bother threads and send me PMs or E-mails if they know it. Sometime a chat conversation. I think the Poster x Troll rate has decreased compared to 2-3 years ago.
Only crew of people left that's annoying would be jack hershey and his followers vs. the anti-hershey.
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