No, that takes away the specialness of ET pro---if anyone can read some of the messages the special value is removed. Why feed those who are out to destroy you?
Don't worry,Mav. He will be gone the second anything requires verification and or a cost. The person is a serious freegan. I do think, however, that the original, troll filled, success hating, version of elite will swivel and quickly die off when there's an alternative. Heck, baron already has the framework for professional created back when he tried to upgrade but the multi alias trolls knocked it down --- surf
Actually the intent is to use a very small percentage of the threads as a tool to promote ET Professional. The individuals attacted to read the exposed thread are the ones most likely to join the Professional ET forum and be responsible members. It is designed to show the value of the professional forum to reasonable people.... the trolls will simply do what they are doing now.
Honestly, unless Baron starts charging for ET Professional, you don't need to lure people over. Just dealing with the daily cesspool of this site should be enough for the "serious" guys to come over. Besides, the lure of mystery is probably a better lure then showing some random postings.
Let me address this. There should be no chit chat or P&R on ET Pro. It should be about TRADING. If people want to rant about Obama being a socialist or Bush hating black people, they should stay right here at good old ET. Therefore, there should be no reason why one would be ashamed of what they post publicly on ET Pro. I mean seriously, what could you possibly say about the market or your trading or strategy that would "embarrass" you to the world if they read it? All that stuff you mentioned about sex and politics, that should stay here. I don't see people making political rants on LinkedIn. Because they go there to network, not shoot the shit about George Zimmerman. As for your comments about the moderators eliminating trolls. And how much are you going to pay them? Do you have any idea how many trolls are on this site? They have infected every single thread on here. They use to live only in the basement. But they have creeped up to the trading forums. I would pitty the moderator who would have to give up his life to weed these people off the board daily and really hourly. Remember these moderators are NOT paid. They are volunteers. It's a thankless job. And they would have to work around the clock 24/7. It's not going to happen. The trolls are here to stay.
Just go over to BMT, they have the Elite membership. One lifetime fee and you get the special section with some goodies thrown in... Quote from the Chronicles of the Internet (2014): "...and this is how the great migration from ET to BMT has started."
Baron could throw 15-20k/year to several paid mods to up the quality. I would adopt a zero tolerance in elite pro. 1 strike you are banned from even accessing the site for a week or whatever, 2 strikes , a month 3 strikes--permanent. Then keep this site, for the folks who need anonymity, the politicos, and everyone else who wants to shoot the sh$t and talk trading. Nothing would change here---and no reason why folks couldn't use their real names on pro and an alias here. Let get this launched! There is zero downside and all upside ----Baron, I'm ready and willing to help in any way, as I'm sure others are. surf
I looked at that site. It's nothing but vendors and wannabes. Elite pro will be true pro traders/ money managers/ hedgees/ serious amateurs. and the only vendors will be paid sponsors. If joe blow wants real wisdom he will join and b welcomed. I can sniff out bozo vendors from a mile away --- they won't be able to infiltrate plus it will be harder to do with real names.
So given how you behave, you'd end up being banned for life within just one week. Or would the marketsurfer character remain on the old ET while David Goodboy, that fountain of market wisdom, joins ET Pro?