Can we make ET a better place?

Tsing Tao · Jul 23, 2013

Quote from Ned Stark:

I don't know if I agree with this. It seems this site is being policed more now than it's ever been. At least from what I can see.
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More than it's ever been? You have 9 posts to your nick as of this moment, and were registered this month.

Lucrum · Jul 23, 2013

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More than it's ever been? You have 9 posts to your nick as of this moment, and were registered this month.
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Ned Stark · Jul 23, 2013

You're a smart guy Ivanovich, I'm sure you can figure it out.

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More than it's ever been? You have 9 posts to your nick as of this moment, and were registered this month.
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Josef K · Jul 23, 2013

Quote from electron:

Are you saying that marketsurfer is not civil? Since when? He has always been nice to me. Perhaps you are not treating him well.
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Ahem:

Quote from tortoise:

I, personally, would mourn the end of incivility and imbecility on ET.

It's the one thing that keeps me coming back
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You forgot the imbecility, electron. And yes, being a troll who creates fake trading journals and intentionally makes promises he doesn't plan to keep in order to get people riled up is not civil.

BSAM · Jul 23, 2013

Quote from noregrets:

I have been on ET for about six months...
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Brother No, your ideas are commendable, but it ain't gonna happen.
Just ignore the idiots when they pop up.
It's the best way.
As such, you can self moderate the topics of conversation.

marketsurfer · Jul 23, 2013

Quote from electron:

Are you saying that marketsurfer is not civil? Since when? He has always been nice to me. Perhaps you are not treating him well.
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Thanks and LOL at these jokers, electron.

I pierced their holy veil of TA, and they can't handle it. Hence the animosity. surf

Ned Stark · Jul 23, 2013

" Can we make ET a better place?"

Great TA thread right here. Best thread going right now that I've seen. Hands down.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=276076&perpage=6&pagenumber=1

Nine_Ender · Jul 23, 2013

Here is a recent post from a Moderator on this site :

Quote from TGregg:

The racist libtards are mad because they lost on the Duke Lacrosse case and they lost here. One presumes it is hard to be a `tard, and it must be even harder to be a racist libtard getting proved wrong all the time. Gets to be that they haunt back alleys of the internet throwing non sequitur, one line comments to assuage their terrible pain. We should pity them, this is a truly painful experience and it only gets more painful. If they actually had a brain they would have figured out right from wrong, truth from fiction. Since they do not, one presumes they cannot and they suffer. Eventually the weakest "explode". Perhaps there is hope for them, post-explosion. But I suspect there is little for our resident racist libtards. Hopefully, I am wrong.
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It kind of speaks for itself. Some people just reveal their ignorance without any help. If you want a better site, one might ask why this guy has anything to do with content on this site.

gwb-trading · Jul 23, 2013

Quote from noregrets:

I have been on ET for about six months, and during that time I have come to appreciate that there is a lot of trading knowledge on this site, both live and in the archives. Some posters are very knowledgeable and clearly successful traders, and even those who are still working to become successful (like myself) can make positive contributions to the discussions. I have learned a lot on the site and it continues to help me improve as a trader.

However, I have been absolutely dismayed from day one by what seems to be a pervasive lack of civility on the site, that I think really takes away from its effectiveness and discourages new folks from joining (and likely causes some veterans to leave). Without naming any names, some posters consistently post in very inflammatory terms, make ad hominem attacks, and generally create a very distasteful environment for everyone. The same points can be made civilly and respectfully in discussions, and in fact elevate the discussion since a poster can focus on the subject matter at hand rather than feeling the need to defend oneself against onslaughts (or attack others preemptively).

I cannot imagine that if we were all sitting in a room together that we would speak to each other the way we do on this site, under the illusion of Internet anonymity. Or frankly that many of the inflammatory posters would even have the intestinal fortitude to speak that way in person.

I wonder if a "code of conduct" or some set of posting guidelines, to be enforced by the moderators but with self-policing by all of us, could greatly improve things and help ensure the future sustainability of the site. Such guidelines might include, e.g.:

1. Treat others with the same decency and respect with which you would like to be treated.
2. No ad hominem attacks.
3. No profanity except in chit chat and P&R.

My goal is simply to try to start a conversation on how we can improve the discourse on ET to make it more effective for our collective learning, more enjoyable for all of us, and more sustainable going forward. The above is simply an idea on how we might go about doing that. If others feel the same way I would be happy to contribute towards achieving this.
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I agree with your thoughts. I believe that ET would provide much more value for users if the people could effectively self-moderate themselves within the constraints of some community standards. Even P&R would be better off with less flaming and more civil discourse - but I don't see this happenning.

I believe the number of page views and advertising on the site would increase if people found more value and less flaming & attacks.

Nine_Ender · Jul 24, 2013

More "insight" from TGregg :

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She's got nowhere to go. Nobody wants `tards on their doorstep. Still, these racist libtards have inspired me to write more and write I shall! Haven't had this much fun in quite some time. Too tired now though, but come morn'. . .

I wonder if I can make their heads explode. . . .
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I'm curious if the owner of this site will state for the record he supports this guys opinions, and whether EliteTrader's purpose is in fact this kind of "fun".