Thread: Display of user(s) "most ignored" in prominent postion

To what end would our “public ignore” achieve? I foresee a schoolyard mentality where a few gang up on a single member and the rest go along…..just to go along.

We are members of a community and if you choose to ignore an individual, that’s your business.

As members of the community we all serve a purpose, some more obvious than others. Birchtree is our cheerleader. No matter how bad things get he sees the silver lining on the cloud. Sure, he can get annoying (much like all cheerleaders) but when the top is put in by the market and he bails out we will all take notice. On the other hand Tech is the counterpoint to Birchtree. But when he goes into the market I do take notice. The rest of us fall in between and we are all needed.

So for what it’s worth (about two cents) that’s my take on the matter.

Originally Posted by Oldcoin

To what end would our “public ignore” achieve? I foresee a schoolyard mentality where a few gang up on a single member and the rest go along…..just to go along.

We are members of a community and if you choose to ignore an individual, that’s your business.

As members of the community we all serve a purpose, some more obvious than others. Birchtree is our cheerleader. No matter how bad things get he sees the silver lining on the cloud. Sure, he can get annoying (much like all cheerleaders) but when the top is put in by the market and he bails out we will all take notice. On the other hand Tech is the counterpoint to Birchtree. But when he goes into the market I do take notice. The rest of us fall in between and we are all needed.

So for what it’s worth (about two cents) that’s my take on the matter.

I have to say I am in agreement with oldcoin. If one wants to ignore thats fine...but why advertise it? People should make their own decisions on whom they wish to read and not be swayed to anothers choice. I also do not think anyone should pm members to warn about another member. We are all adults in professional positions and can make these judgements ourselves.
Just my 2 cents.

Oldcoin gets my vote too.

Originally Posted by Oldcoin

To what end would our “public ignore” achieve? I foresee a schoolyard mentality where a few gang up on a single member and the rest go along…..just to go along.

We are members of a community and if you choose to ignore an individual, that’s your business.

As members of the community we all serve a purpose, some more obvious than others. Birchtree is our cheerleader. No matter how bad things get he sees the silver lining on the cloud. Sure, he can get annoying (much like all cheerleaders) but when the top is put in by the market and he bails out we will all take notice. On the other hand Tech is the counterpoint to Birchtree. But when he goes into the market I do take notice. The rest of us fall in between and we are all needed.

So for what it’s worth (about two cents) that’s my take on the matter.

The only part that I see as "school yard" is the fact that the repercusions here are minor if you don't value your credibility. And don't forget, he also can "ignore" others. Yes, I can see where one might consider Birchtree a "cheerleader". But PLEASE don't say that he is OUR cheerleader.
That's one of the problems, that is exactly what newbies see in their first impression of the board.

I wasn't offended initially, only amused but now he is literally polluting the board with hundreds of posts every day and most not in his own Account Talk.

I really didn't want to turn this thread into a Birchtree bashing. I have always hated "cliques" and there is the appearance that some of those might be on this board but the annoyance factor of the sheer quantity of posts by Birchtree warrant something more. (I don't care as much about his content as long as he doesn't plagiarize and misconstrue as I understand has been known to happen with his info.)

I think the Technician is no where near as bad. At least he has always kept his number of posts per day to a relative few.

Both do hurt the credibility of the board and worse, could conceivably misguide some newbies. That is the reason for the request for "prominent display". Kind of "let the buyer beware" though I will agree, one could argue that since this is a public internet forum, the user hopefully is already cautious. But one has to be lurking for a while to pick up on who is really BS'ing, hence my request that the list be prominently displayed.

In addition, kind of a nice little side benefit, is that this posting of the list will give an incentive to those who are really irritated by Birchtree to put him on ignore in order to have their vote and thus not bother the rest of us with their replies because they won't be reading his junk (for the most part.)

Originally Posted by ayla

If possible, I would like to request that a tally of who is being "ignored" the most be published in a "sticky" on some prominent web page.

I just wanted you to know that I read your threads and have learned a lot. Thank you. I admit I know next to nothing about the charts and can contribute very little about the stock market so I really am trying to learn from all members here. And I can say that I have learned a mountain of info. I hope I did not offend with my opinion but divide and conquer isn't my style. You must be really upset to suggest this. I am just not sure why.

Originally Posted by Oldcoin

To what end would our “public ignore” achieve? I foresee a schoolyard mentality where a few gang up on a single member and the rest go along…..just to go along.

We are members of a community and if you choose to ignore an individual, that’s your business.

As members of the community we all serve a purpose, some more obvious than others. Birchtree is our cheerleader. No matter how bad things get he sees the silver lining on the cloud. Sure, he can get annoying (much like all cheerleaders) but when the top is put in by the market and he bails out we will all take notice. On the other hand Tech is the counterpoint to Birchtree. But when he goes into the market I do take notice. The rest of us fall in between and we are all needed.

So for what it’s worth (about two cents) that’s my take on the matter.

I'm with you Oldcoin, we need to respect each other and realize that everybody is different. I mean, look at ME, I'm still here and I'm nnuuts!!!

I just realized that I may have offended cheerleaders…….



I’m really sorry.

Save the cheerleader... Save the world.

I wish there was a way to ignore fights in the board. Some days, I'm reading a useful thread - then it suddenly turns into a war against someone. I don't want to permanently ignore any of the people involved. I just want some AI on the server to recognize fights and label them as so.

Or, maybe we can start a boxing ring thread. Where people who want to go at it can say whatever they want.

Ayla, I'm not directing this at you, but this seems like an appropriate place for what I'm saying because of all the random fights that pop up. I might do a study to see if I can use heated "discussions" as a market indicator.

This board is self correcting, and enjoys the supervision of our fine staff of moderators. No additional monitoring is needed. Ultimately, a participant who journeys beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior is coached, reprimanded, admonished, sidelined, banned, restored, banned again and ultimately banished.

While this may seem to be a labored and lenghty process, it has proven moderately effective over time, allowing some participants to develop and mature and become fine upstanding citizens of this realm. Participants who would otherwise have become lost to us.

Therefore, let us resume our discourse, tolerate the annoying and be patient and kind. When a member gets to the point that they must be addressed, do so in a witty, deft and pithy manner.

If that doesn't work, Tom can always employee his hammer...

Originally Posted by ayla

and will make it public to new users which members might have a credibility problem with the others.

The Reputation feature was supposed to do this but then it was watered down to be virtually meaningless.