Give me your suggestions, complaints and feedback!

[JTLP]

Joe,

Long time reader first time caller...

2 Things
- Can we get a stock ticker that we can just punch in the code for and check the price? There used to be one on here but then the forum overhaul led to its demise...

- Can I be a mod to weed out low substance posts? No but seriously...is there anything that can be done about this? Mods do a great job of informing ppl about low quality content etc but sometimes ppl still get through the old "I'm thinking about buying in what's everybody's thoughts looks to be going to $1,000,000 tomorrow..."...perhaps a permibanner on the side or a little reminder for people when they open the reply post to make sure it is worthy of reading?
(Long spiel and I hope you get my drift)

Otherwise I (heart) this site

 

[noirua]

Hi Joe, An email being sent out on a reply to a thread seems to be quite a big thing on some websites. Particularly if there is a reply several days later and on occasions weeks or months later. Quite often drags a poster back to the website who has half forgotten they became a member. I feel this is the only thing that is holding back ASF at the moment.

 

[doogie_goes_off]

Hi Joe, being a contrarian I was wondering if there is a chance of a feature such as a 'quiet stocks' category, something like a 6 month bump for stocks with no analysis on your main search page... just a thought. Maybe it would give people a chance to revisit undervalued stocks that the populists had forgotten. Much like the 'gone cold' feature of football coverage.

 

[Joe Blow]

One thing that ive seen done is a "Threads of the Week" or, "Threads of the Month". You have recent threads but it doesnt really sort anything out quality wise. Usually what happens is the administrator picks out a short list of what he/she thinks where the most insightful and worth reading threads of the week/month and posts them on the front page.

I always read these in a few forums because it saves you time wading through the trashier threads and you know your not missing anything really big.

Hi TabJockey,

This may be something we introduce in the future. I would probably think that it would be a "Thread of the Month" rather than "Thread of the Week" as a poll would have to be run to determine the winner. One may even have to be run to determine the nominations. As always, the biggest obstacles to making ideas like this a reality are the logistics involved.

Something like this is definitely under consideration however.

Joe,

Long time reader first time caller...

2 Things
- Can we get a stock ticker that we can just punch in the code for and check the price? There used to be one on here but then the forum overhaul led to its demise...

Hi JTLP,

Unfortunately ASX stock data is very expensive to display on websites in Australia. The ASX charges exhorbitant licensing fees and there are significant data provider fees on top of that, which means that it ends up costing thousands of dollars a month just to display 20 minute delayed data.

Hopefully, this is something that ASF can offer in the future once we are generating enough revenue to make it feasible. This can only happen if ASF members support our paying advertisers. By supporting ASF's advertisers you help increase our revenue by making advertising on ASF more desirable (and valuable) to current and potential advertisers.

When you click through to an advertiser from ASF they know where you have come from. Advertisers are looking for results from advertising on sites like ASF and by supporting them and becoming a customer or visiting their website ASF members and site visitors can ensure that they get value for their advertising dollar!

- Can I be a mod to weed out low substance posts? No but seriously...is there anything that can be done about this? Mods do a great job of informing ppl about low quality content etc but sometimes ppl still get through the old "I'm thinking about buying in what's everybody's thoughts looks to be going to $1,000,000 tomorrow..."...perhaps a permibanner on the side or a little reminder for people when they open the reply post to make sure it is worthy of reading?
(Long spiel and I hope you get my drift)

The moderators and I love removing no/low content posts from stock threads and we urge all ASF members to report such posts by clicking on the "Report a Post" icon on the post in question and letting us know about them. We encourage quality content on ASF and need the help of all ASF's users to weed out those who use ASF to ramp, downramp or to post misleading or incorrect information.

In a sense, every ASF member is a moderator because they can all report posts that they believe violate our Terms of Use, Posting Guidelines or Code of Conduct. Every reported post is looked at and evaluated. We may not agree that every reported post should be removed but we do examine each one closely to ensure that it complies with the site rules.

Hi Joe, An email being sent out on a reply to a thread seems to be quite a big thing on some websites. Particularly if there is a reply several days later and on occasions weeks or months later. Quite often drags a poster back to the website who has half forgotten they became a member. I feel this is the only thing that is holding back ASF at the moment.

Hi Noirua,

This feature already exists. When you are reading a thread that you wish to subscribe to simply click on the "Thread Tools" menu you will see at the top of each page of the thread and select the "Subscribe to this Thread" option.

Hi Joe, being a contrarian I was wondering if there is a chance of a feature such as a 'quiet stocks' category, something like a 6 month bump for stocks with no analysis on your main search page... just a thought. Maybe it would give people a chance to revisit undervalued stocks that the populists had forgotten. Much like the 'gone cold' feature of football coverage.

Hi doogie_goes_off,

This is great food for thought and has been placed on the list for consideration in the future.

Thanks for the feedback!

 

[Naked shorts]

I would like to suggest increasing the size and dimension limits for uploaded files.

 

[Joe Blow]

I would like to suggest increasing the size and dimension limits for uploaded files.

Do you mean just image files?

If so, feel free to suggest what file size and dimension limits you think would be best.

 

[Naked shorts]

My main concern really is just the size limit on image files.
I suggest increasing image file size to 2mb and dimension limits to 2560x1600.

As for other files, I suggest increasing the limits by a factor of about 10.

 

[stocksontheblock]

Hi Joe, if there is one thing that could be better, that would be to have a small counter when putting in a post. I have a little knowledge of web-building and it’s not a hard thing to do, yet I guess this all depends on how you have things set-up.

Maybe it could also be reduced from 100 to 75? Example, I posted a reply to someone today on the VBA thread about how they would get their refund for over subscribe shares. The answer was very simple and short, hence I had to add 'fluff' to make it post.

Also, in regards to those who 'ramp', I agree with Julia and the like, delete the user, not the posts - think that’s what she meant. I think the rules are pretty simple on this site and doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know what 'ramping is'. Sure, someone on their 2nd or 3rd post might just need a poke from you, yet some are just - as you say - making sure a stock post stays at the top.

Maybe the other suggestion I would have is that under the General Chat thread you could have subcategories. Leave General Chat (used for stocks, investment etc), yet add some that are specific so they don’t get mixed up with the stock/investment things. So have one for Politics, Religion, Sport etc

However, love the site, and love the work. Keep it up.

 

[johnnyg]

My main concern really is just the size limit on image files.
I suggest increasing image file size to 2mb and dimension limits to 2560x1600.

As for other files, I suggest increasing the limits by a factor of about 10.

2mb would suck alot bandwidth, especially for those on slower connections. Why the need to have such a large picture files? Most images on here are simply charts which I find fine to read currently.

If the reason was for pictures of scenery/holidays snaps ect perhaps Joe could set-up a specific thread where image files upto 2mb could be placed?

 

[Zird]

Could the page indicators at bottom of page be made bigger and it would be handy if there was a "next" tab as well. Apologises for such a minor suggestion but my bifocals need replacing.

 

[Joe Blow]

My main concern really is just the size limit on image files.
I suggest increasing image file size to 2mb and dimension limits to 2560x1600.

This may be a little too big for most people just yet. The majority of ASF users still have screen resolutions of 1280x1024 and smaller (see attachment).

I have, however, just increased maximum image dimensions to 1500x1200 and image file sizes to 250K.

 

[Joe Blow]

Could the page indicators at bottom of page be made bigger and it would be handy if there was a "next" tab as well. Apologises for such a minor suggestion but my bifocals need replacing.

Will see what I can do about making them bigger.

There is a "next" icon there. It's this symbol: ">" (See attachment).

Also note the down arrow symbol at the end which, when clicked, allows you to navigate directly to the thread page of your choice.

 

[Smurf1976]

2mb would suck alot bandwidth, especially for those on slower connections.

I'd rather have the forum as inclusive as possible and not exclude those who can't get or can't afford (or simply don't need) a high capacity internet connection.

 

[Naked shorts]

This may be a little too big for most people just yet. The majority of ASF users still have screen resolutions of 1280x1024 and smaller (see attachment).

I have, however, just increased maximum image dimensions to 1500x1200 and image file sizes to 250K.

Thanks Joe. My main reasoning behind my suggestion of that particular resolution is that it is the realm of 30inch screens. This would allow people with 30inch screens to share their trading setup with everyone without having to segregate screens shots to stay under the dimension limit.

 

[Joe Blow]

Hi Joe, if there is one thing that could be better, that would be to have a small counter when putting in a post. I have a little knowledge of web-building and it’s not a hard thing to do, yet I guess this all depends on how you have things set-up.

Can you code it for me?

Seriously though, I have found once you hit one full line you're past the limit, so one line is a good indicator.

Maybe it could also be reduced from 100 to 75? Example, I posted a reply to someone today on the VBA thread about how they would get their refund for over subscribe shares. The answer was very simple and short, hence I had to add 'fluff' to make it post.

I am rethinking this rule and considering just getting toucher on those who post low or no content posts in stock threads. The trouble is catching them. We just don't have enough manpower to review every post and it's getting tougher every day.

Also, in regards to those who 'ramp', I agree with Julia and the like, delete the user, not the posts - think that’s what she meant. I think the rules are pretty simple on this site and doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know what 'ramping is'. Sure, someone on their 2nd or 3rd post might just need a poke from you, yet some are just - as you say - making sure a stock post stays at the top.

Yes, as the markets have been climbing lately we have noticed an increase in ramping. The best way to help the moderators and myself keep on top of this is to report ramping posts by clicking the "Report a Post" icon "

" on any offending posts.

Maybe the other suggestion I would have is that under the General Chat thread you could have subcategories. Leave General Chat (used for stocks, investment etc), yet add some that are specific so they don’t get mixed up with the stock/investment things. So have one for Politics, Religion, Sport etc

I may do this when the forums get a little busier still. There should be no stock market/investment chat at all in General Chat. General Investment/Economics discussion should go into the "General Investment and Economics" forum while ASX market related discussion should go into "ASX Stock Chat".

However, as ASF gets even busier I think some new subforums may come in handy.

However, love the site, and love the work. Keep it up.

Thank you.

 

[Trembling Hand]

Two ideas,
New smiles. Especially a tongue in cheek one. Save some fights maybe.

And,

What about the email address we receive PM notifications being different than the new post notification. That way you can easily delete one from your inbox while keeping the other. If I could keep the PMs in my email in box it would be a lot easier to manger what I said to who.

 

[gfresh]

I'm for larger screen images to properly display charts. Some get squished so much they are very hard to read. People really need to stay up to date if they want to use the internet.

TBH I'm shocked more investors can't spend $200 on a monitor that will do 1650x1080 these days or above

 

[Joe Blow]

Two ideas,
New smiles. Especially a tongue in cheek one. Save some fights maybe.

I'm a big fan of smilies. Keep checking for new ones.

Some recent additions: :cuckoo: corn: :bbat:

Will check for a tongue in cheek one.

And,

What about the email address we receive PM notifications being different than the new post notification. That way you can easily delete one from your inbox while keeping the other. If I could keep the PMs in my email in box it would be a lot easier to manger what I said to who.

This is a limitation of the forum software ASF uses. Should be upgrading later in the year so maybe something can be done then.

 

[Joe Blow]

I'm for larger screen images to properly display charts. Some get squished so much they are very hard to read. People really need to stay up to date if they want to use the internet.

Most image attachments (ones bigger than 700 pixels wide) can be clicked on, opening them to their full size in a new window.

Maximum image dimensions have now been increased to 1500x1200 pixels.

 

[mazzatelli]

Would ASF'ers adopt the sarcastic font?

http://glennmcanally.com/sarcastic/index.htm