I think as one's knowledge gets to a certain desired area, you simple don't care to share, taken too long to get there. And if you do say something, all want your stats or say negative b.s.. Gets real old, and couple that have quit posting told me before they left, they tired of defending themselves. Does it matter if trades are singles or homeruns? If you look at Pete Rose, he was a singles/doubles hitter, over .300 hitter, hardly ever hit a home run, but one heck of a hitter.
I am blushing here. You're welcome It certainly makes no sense going around discussing the details of the actual strategies but there is so much common knowledge/wisdom type stuff that could be easily shared.
You made a comment recently, with a certain swagger, that you find it valuable, necessary or whatever to occasionally repeat your stance on trolls, ...in threads confined to chit chat, politics and religion. Do you remember your answer? Do you remember ignoring the question that followed? The question which asked for your position on trolls in trading related threads? Do you remember writing a book review in which you said highly recommended?
Based on my limited observation after much longer than 20 years on Internet public forums, moderated or unmoderated, I have to say this kind of moderation below, perhaps due to (s)he is young age guy with limited moderation experience on Internet forums, could easily push people away: https://elitetrader.com/et/threads/...s-to-the-politics-forum-is-a-bad-idea.313843/
Trading forums is imo quite different than other kinds of public forums. Evert trader actually is against each other, in this zero-sum game. One's loss is another's gain. Also every trader can have very diverse ways of trading approach and instrument. Whatever advice could be not only counter-productive, many times could be even very wrong or damaging. But who is the one who should be going to correct others' problematic advice. Moderators??? Are the moderators knowledgeable enough to correct wrong/damaging advice? While many others are enjoying them from making profit out from their opponents equipped with inferior advice!? Or, the fact is someone intentionally posts a nonsense answer in order to learn from sound feedback from others who would otherwise not saying anything proactively! It's all about trading forums - A most Competitive game! Besides, vendors and some hidden vendors and their allies are protecting each other from rational discussion, just like the Politics forum. No matter which forum you post. ... ... https://elitetrader.com/et/threads/single-listed-futures.313844/#post-4527033
It's very silly to post things under your real name because that encourages dishonest content. For example these individuals would have friends working in banks caught doing something dirty, of course they would not post anything critical under their real names - so you'd be left with posts where people pat each other on the back but don't mean any of it. Under an alias you can say what you really think, without spending a lot of time worrying about who you might offend. That's why Facebook for many, like myself, is useless for most things.