Hi All,
Just thought i would bump this thread again for all to read, especially the new members.
Its quite funny, for a mods perspective, when things are going well the ramps start. When the market is poor, all the low content posters go back into their caves.
But anyway, a lot of low content posts have been coming up lately, especially with the recent CSG stocks boom/bubble. And from my perspective, it seems to be members with less than 50 posts (ie new members)
IF YOUR POSTS DO NOT ADD VALUE TO THE THREAD THEY WILL BE REMOVED
Please understand that these rules are in place to make sure ASF is an intellectual and educated community, rather than just meaningless one line posts.
Plus sticking to these rules makes it easier for all us mods who volunteer our time.
Any questions on the policy can be directed here provided they are of a general nature. User specific details can be answered via PM.
Regards
Prawn
I'll say it again:
IF YOUR POSTS DO NOT ADD VALUE TO THE THREAD THEY WILL BE REMOVED
I've once had a post removed an received a warning message for doing the above.So you either removed my post because of the dots and my outrageous attempt to circumvent the length limitation.....
A couple of days a go I posted a comment on MQG, something like, Looks like its constantly up today............ You removed my post. Interestingly, no one had posted on that thread that day. After my post, someone replied, then a flutter of posts afterwards.
So you either removed my post because of the dots and my outrageous attempt to circumvent the length limitation, or because of it not "adding value". Which was clearly not the case due to it re-igniting a thread.
If you had a problem with it, why not PM me and explain what the problem was?
I've once had a post removed an received a warning message for doing the above.
As a suggestion a lower number of characters (perhaps 50?) may be better for the length limitation. 100 characters are not always required to make a valid point.
The level of postings is dropping off at ASF by the day with little to read at times; I am getting concerned!!
I have seen postings of less than 100; I've pasted into MS word to count the characters; hey whats going on here!!! Rules for most!!
100 characters is only required for stock threads. It's not a lot.
Ah - ok. Didn't know that. That would explain it. No its not a lot, but sometimes you might want to say something like you just said which is 60 odd characters.
Well thats fine if thats the rules but IMO deleting posts is aggressive when people are genuinely unaware of the rules and otherwise trying to contribute and unproductive if they are never informed of what they did wrong.
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As Spooly said, the 100 char rule applies only to stock threads, and although it may be annoying it saves a lot of time from the mods perspective, especially in a bull market when people would post one liners etc. Essentially it just cuts back the ramping and low content posts.
100 char is not much, if you notice a stock moving and want to say it, then just jot down a couple of reasons as to why you think it moved etc....Prawn
Hi Shaun,
When posts are removed a PM is usually sent explaining why, however in your case it may have been overlooked.
As Spooly said, the 100 char rule applies only to stock threads, and although it may be annoying it saves a lot of time from the mods perspective, especially in a bull market when people would post one liners etc. Essentially it just cuts back the ramping and low content posts.
100 char is not much, if you notice a stock moving and want to say it, then just jot down a couple of reasons as to why you think it moved etc.
Hope that helps, and apologies if you did not receive a PM for a deleted post.
Prawn
Hi Sails, There normally is from my perspective. Sometimes however, Mods might not even look at the content because we're in a rush, or drunk (in my case), or whatever, and just delete them, which isn't good darts. I've sometimes even edited a post to add some extra characters so it meets the rule.Could there be any leniency when the post requires no more than a simple reply to a question?
I can understand the rule if one is suggesting a stock is going to move somewhere. But it is frustrating when someone asks a question that only requires a short answer. Eg. a few weeks ago someone asked when a stock report was due and I noticed it had just shown up on Iress. I answered in a few words that it was out, got frustrated as I couldn't submit it, so did a row of full stops which I thought was acceptable since I wasn't ramping or posting a view on the stock.
Could there be any leniency when the post requires no more than a simple reply to a question?
How about a thread specifically for ramping, so we can keep all the BS tucked away
Hi Margaret,
The 100 characer minimum post length in stock threads was introduced as a response to short, low content, ramping (or downramping) posts. It was introduced after a lot of discussion about ways to combat this, given that we only had so many moderators and could only review so many posts. It became obvious that an automated process would probably be the most effective and 100 characters (approximately one line of text) was judged to be an appropriate minimum.
I understand that sometimes you only have one question to ask and that may not take up 100 characters. What I would ask people to do is just elaborate a little further to take it past 100 characters. Why is the question important? Why are you asking it? Is there another related question you can ask? How about a brief comment about the trading in the company that day? One line of text isn't much and it gets filled up pretty quickly. I think it is much more valuable to fill it with some more content rather than a series of full stops.
I hope everyone understands why this rule is in place and that it's not an attempt to punish anyone or to make life difficult. We're just trying to maintain a minimum level of content in stock threads and have found this method to be remarkably successful. We would really appreciate the support of ASF's members by doing everything they can to contribute at least 100 characters in stock threads and help maintain this minimum level of content. I think we can all agree that the more content in these threads the better... however, having said that, if you've made it to 97 characters feel free to add a few full stops.
Hi Sails, There normally is from my perspective. Sometimes however, Mods might not even look at the content because we're in a rush, or drunk (in my case), or whatever, and just delete them, which isn't good darts. I've sometimes even edited a post to add some extra characters so it meets the rule.
Why would ASF do that?
What would the purpose of that thread be and what value would it add to this site? None whatsoever. If you want ramping go to another forum.
Why keep the BS tucked away? Easier to ban it and/or delete it imo.
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