"And down the stretch they come in the 2013 Lunatic Derby....Jack Hershey who had an 18 length lead at the turn for home is now being challenged by the on rush of the fast closing Marketsurfer....it's going to be close......they hit the wire....IT"S A PHOTO FINISH !!!!" The winning poster will be receiving a straight jacket in the winner's circle.
Who are these new aliases? These guys are making valid points. These are regular posters. Just because they agree with my idea doesn't mean it's all me posting. Seriously man. You are acting like a paranoid lunatic.
I'm just going to donate it to a local charity I give to from time to time. I feel guilty about using winnings from a bet I can't possibly lose on myself.... I'm just hoping I don't get one of these from him: http://images.search.yahoo.com/imag...igi=1289ljdgd&.crumb=AWyXmfqTvRx&fr=yfp-t-901
Probably one of two things: He didn't log into his R. King alias (notice there was no "-surf" at the end of his post?) -or- He sees the writing on the wall and is distancing himself from his marketsurfer persona by insisting it was all "theater" and just a "character." To reinforce this, he is starting to write about his real person as if surf and Dave are separate people.
This is the FIRST thing I noticed. A clear tell that he made a mistake while posting. As if it wasn't obvious beforehand, this is just more evidence to add to the pile.
You've been warned multiple times yet still do it as if you think eventually you'll get away with it. Even recently... You might say you have ET and the community here in mind when you make suggestions, but your actions demonstrate that you're only interested in yourself, your "personas" and "characters", and advancing your brand by riding the coat tails of better men. Did you ever stop to wonder why this entire thread only references YOU when we talk about the need to filter out the garbage from our threads?
I think this is the right decision, Baron, and hope that you follow through to make it a reality. I disagree, however, with your comment that the only reason why it wasn't done earlier was due to upgrade headaches. As you recall, this exact feature was extensively discussed over four years ago in the thread "Attn Baron, Upgrade your software to allow self moderation of threads!" http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=168825 At that time, what you said was: I'd be interested to know what changed your view on the topic, as you made it clear in your many posts on that thread that you were 100% against the idea. The only thing that I can imagine is that you've finally realized that trolls and flamers were ruining your site in the long run (even while possibly increasing page views in the short run). I'm not convinced that the site can be saved and brought back to the quality of old at this point, as the market has turned dead and the natural audience has declined. I wish you luck, however, as a better run and successful EliteTrader can be a good resource for trader interaction. FWIW, I'd suggest reading through the above thread, as it contains some very good discussion on the topic.