Suggestion Box

[Dan_]

Hi Joe,

I guess i should leave Aussie Stock now and then

 

[Joe Blow]

Hi Joe,

I guess i should leave Aussie Stock now and then

Nah... why would you want to do that?

 

[excalibur]

Hi Joe,

I think that it would be interesting to have a live or daily sentiment or commentary of the ASX. Similar to that of Wallstreet.
I got a link that gives a sort of commentary of that.
It kind of gives me an idea of how thin or how thick the air is...
Check it out:

http://www.wallstreetnewsalert.com/default.asp

See WSNA Market Commentary

Cheers

 

[Joe Blow]

Hi Joe,

I think that it would be interesting to have a live or daily sentiment or commentary of the ASX. Similar to that of Wallstreet.
I got a link that gives a sort of commentary of that.
It kind of gives me an idea of how thin or how thick the air is...
Check it out:

http://www.wallstreetnewsalert.com/default.asp

See WSNA Market Commentary

Cheers

Excalibur,

I am in the very early stages of developing another site (almost a companion site to this one) that might incorporate something like this. The hardest part, of course, is finding someone to write it or somewhere to syndicate it from.

Am looking into it all and will let you guys in on things in due course.

 

[Joe Blow]

Thought I'd dig up the old suggestion box thread and ask for a few suggestions.

ASF is getting pretty big these days. It becomes more popular by the month and I think we're in the top three stock market forums in the country now. As ASF grows it is inevitable that it will evolve. I guess I'm at that stage of my thinking at the moment and figured I would ask ASF members what they think.

If you could make one change to ASF, one thing you think would improve the site for you, let me know in this thread. I would like to take the site in a direction that its members wanted it to go, so please feel free to be honest and upfront about what would improve your ASF experience.

Some ideas, of course, may not be feasible, but right now I am open to any and all suggestions.

Fire away!

 

[insider]

Thought I'd dig up the old suggestion box thread and ask for a few suggestions.

ASF is getting pretty big these days. It becomes more popular by the month and I think we're in the top three stock market forums in the country now. As ASF grows it is inevitable that it will evolve. I guess I'm at that stage of my thinking at the moment and figured I would ask ASF members what they think.

If you could make one change to ASF, one thing you think would improve the site for you, let me know in this thread. I would like to take the site in a direction that its members wanted it to go, so please feel free to be honest and upfront about what would improve your ASF experience.

Some ideas, of course, may not be feasible, but right now I am open to any and all suggestions.

Fire away!

Maybe some how integrate the chat room into the main part of the site so that way it will actually get some use for once.

And watchlists which we've talked about already

and maybe a chart as well

 

[Joe Blow]

Maybe some how integrate the chat room into the main part of the site so that way it will actually get some use for once.

Have you been to the chatroom lately? It used to pop up into another window but it has since been integrated more into the site. It is taking a while to get going but some people do use it. Just not that many.

Will definitely consider your other suggestions.

 

[INORE]

Is it possible to get an instant message/email notification when someone on your buddy list posts a message anywhere in the forum?

Sorry if this already exists....

 

[Joe Blow]

Is it possible to get an instant message/email notification when someone on your buddy list posts a message anywhere in the forum?

Sorry if this already exists....

Unfortunately, this option does not currently exist although I just suggested it to Jelsoft, the developers of this forum software, so hopefully this feature will be included in a future version.

There are email notifications available for thread subscriptions but not for posts made to the forum by those on your buddy list as yet.

 

[Uncle Festivus]

It's probably been asked before, but why is there a 30 sec wait between searches? It's annoying.

 

[Joe Blow]

It's probably been asked before, but why is there a 30 sec wait between searches? It's annoying.

Hi UF... unfortunately searches use up a lot of server resources and this is one way I can reduce this, helping to contain site running costs.

30 seconds isn't that long to wait. Go make yourself a nice cup of tea.

 

[Julia]

Joe,

Thanks for giving us the opportunity to make suggestions.
Mine is fairly pathetic and reflects my incompetence.

I would just love it if it were possible to reply to a post in several different places, perhaps just doing the responses in italics or bold, without having to type in the [/QUOTE] tags. I get them round the wrong way and find it simply annoying to have to do it, to the extent where I will alter my response often so as to reply in one block at the end rather than try to do the QUOTE tags all over the place.

It's possible to do what I've suggested when responding to PM's and it's just so much easier.

Cheers
Julia

 

[Wysiwyg]

Hi Joe B... I think the forum runs smoothly as is and any changes would only be to increase laziness.LoL

One thing I think is distasteful is the guns , knives , drugs and swords of the emoticons..face slicing , shooting , bongs etcetera.

Thanks for an A grade forum.

 

[greggy]

Hi Joe,

This forum is great. I was wondering whether it would be worthwhile whether there could be room where people could state whether they have a particular interest when contributing to a particular thread. I know a number of regulars do it here and its handy to know where people stand as long as its not abused.
Your thoughts would be gratefully appreciated.

Regards,

Greggy

 

[Gringotts Bank]

Hi,

New to ASF. Been on HC for a while.

I'd like to see a system whereby posters could vote for other posters who have a great track record in picking short term movements in stocks. For example, once a poster gets > 10 votes on a given day, he might get one star next to his name. Similarly > 10 negative votes might mean one star is removed by the administrators. (just a possible example of how it might work). A negative vote would simply amount a vote of non-confidence for a poster on a particular day, and is not an attack or anything that should be viewed negatively. Negative votes would also allow the system to be dynamic and changing.

The advantages of a system like this would be that a new member like me could save time by starting reading posts in order of poster rank. You guys all know who is on the money, but I don't!!

Hope you can help. HC don't listen to their members' suggestions. I hope ASF does!

GB

 

[Gringotts Bank]

I also like the "predictwallstreet" website as mentioned above. Unfortunately it doesn't have many members so it can't really work that well.

However, if ASF members were required to vote on logging in (eg. direction of XAO and approx. points up/down), you would get a pretty good feel of market sentiment. I'm a big one for sentiment. Results could be easily represented in a table or graph format. But voting would have to be compulsory for it to work.

GB

 

[Uncle Festivus]

Search function - could it be possible to search Titles from the quick search box instead of going to advanced search?

Also, unable to add more than 2 blank spaces in a row to text - gets removed when posted.

 

[Joe Blow]

I would just love it if it were possible to reply to a post in several different places, perhaps just doing the responses in italics or bold, without having to type in the QUOTE tags. I get them round the wrong way and find it simply annoying to have to do it, to the extent where I will alter my response often so as to reply in one block at the end rather than try to do the QUOTE tags all over the place.

Hi Julia,

Some people prefer to reply to posts in this way, although it can be a little confusing to the reader as everyone has their own way of doing it.

I agree that the quote tags can be a bit of a hassle, especially when responding to multiple points in someones post. It does get easier the more you do it. I've posted thousands of posts on various forums since 2001 and now its more or less second nature to me.

Alternatively, you could simply quote the entire post and then respond point by point without splitting up the original post at all. This makes it a little easier to respond without messing around with the quote tags, but this also has an impact on readability.

Unfortunately there is no easy answer to this one. However, perhaps they will make this process a little easier somehow in future versions of this forum software.

 

[Joe Blow]

Hi Joe B... I think the forum runs smoothly as is and any changes would only be to increase laziness.LoL

One thing I think is distasteful is the guns , knives , drugs and swords of the emoticons..face slicing , shooting , bongs etcetera.

Thanks for an A grade forum.

Hi Wysiwyg,

Thanks very much for your comments.

I understand your point about some of the smilies but please take them as just a bit of fun, as they are in no way any kind of endorsement of violence or drug use. I think smilies add a lot of personality to a forum and perhaps in retrospect I should have been a bit more selective (ASF was a lot smaller back then), but I tend to go a bit overboard with smilies as many of them do indeed bring a smile to my face.

 

[Joe Blow]

I'd like to see a system whereby posters could vote for other posters who have a great track record in picking short term movements in stocks. For example, once a poster gets > 10 votes on a given day, he might get one star next to his name. Similarly > 10 negative votes might mean one star is removed by the administrators. (just a possible example of how it might work). A negative vote would simply amount a vote of non-confidence for a poster on a particular day, and is not an attack or anything that should be viewed negatively. Negative votes would also allow the system to be dynamic and changing.

The advantages of a system like this would be that a new member like me could save time by starting reading posts in order of poster rank. You guys all know who is on the money, but I don't!!

I can definitely see the value of such a system but it may be a little too costly to design and implement at this stage of ASF's development. But I have noted your suggestion and it may be something we introduce in the future. Thank you for your feedback!

Hope you can help. HC don't listen to their members' suggestions. I hope ASF does!

I can assure you that we do.