I'd support that. It would prevent me posting rubbish and useless chit-chat. I only go into 'general' threads when I'm bored or in drawdown, so the quality of my posts tends to reflect that anyway. Better I do something constructive.The General Chat forum creates serious problems in two ways:
1. It dilutes the focus of this community which is, or should be, a stock market focused community.
2. It creates a toxic, unpleasant atmosphere as a result of the ideological bile spitting and general incivility between (some) forum members when it comes to topics concerning politics and religion.
There is a desperate need for change. I have made several appeals to the community to no noticeable effect which makes me think that diplomacy is not the answer. So now I am seriously considering closing the General Chat forum altogether.
The bottom line is this: ASF is not sustainable as a general chat forum. Unless it can get back on track, and the focus can be restored, it might soon be time to put the old girl out of her misery.
The General Chat forum creates serious problems in two ways:
1. It dilutes the focus of this community which is, or should be, a stock market focused community.
2. It creates a toxic, unpleasant atmosphere as a result of the ideological bile spitting and general incivility between (some) forum members when it comes to topics concerning politics and religion.
There is a desperate need for change. I have made several appeals to the community to no noticeable effect which makes me think that diplomacy is not the answer. So now I am seriously considering closing the General Chat forum altogether.
The bottom line is this: ASF is not sustainable as a general chat forum. Unless it can get back on track, and the focus can be restored, it might soon be time to put the old girl out of her misery.
I'd agree with all that. These are the exact reason why a number of us never go near general chat.1. It dilutes the focus of this community which is, or should be, a stock market focused community.
2. It creates a toxic, unpleasant atmosphere as a result of the ideological bile spitting and general incivility between (some) forum members when it comes to topics concerning politics and religion.
I don't have a problem with that.So now I am seriously considering closing the General Chat forum altogether.
Why not just take GC off the Recent Posts list, so the only posts that appear there are stock ones ?
What a great idea Joe!
Yes, great idea Joe !
I also put the thread on ignore earlier this morning, but Joe, if I can add a different opinion,do not underestimate the importance of the general thread:
I hate facebook, am on wechat due to chinese work assignment and am so upset by the garbage we get from both ABC and news ltd that every morning I log here to look at market and shares related events but also look at various stocks unrelated threads: who died, what has just happened, etc etc;
we have a pool of people with higher than journos knowledge and i prefer my news feeds from these persons than following a propaganda stream.
If this disappears, I will probably log once a week, quickly give up with my stock system thread as I will soon feel unconnected and probably end up using ASF as a repository..a live encyclopedia...log search exit with no will to share or post.
I am not usually representative of any majority, so maybe no one else is feeling the same, but that is in all honesty, my view
The general thread builds the community, and I feel i belong on ASF as part of this sharing
Good example yes and many other implications too given the many companies involved across automotive sales and maintenance, fuel, electricity, mining and so on all of which are affected one way or another by that technology change.Quick example and purposely on a hot topic
electric cars
Cost wise /economically a no go vs ICE.but our cadmium copper rare earths mining relies on expected growth there :critical for the asx
Now the next major question is....How do we get Joe elected as the next PM of Australia?
I am so over bullsh!t artists, this is why I am here. He thinks, he weighs and I believe he disassociates regardless of who has flung dollars at him.He wouldn't be any good.
He doesn't bullsh!t enough.
Now the next major question is....How do we get Joe elected as the next PM of Australia?
The one question I would ask of Joe...are you anti-nuclear power?
(no I am not dead folks...busy in my garden and creating the perfect trading plan, which is pretty much the same thing! Be back soon-ish)
Man after my own heart!Ann, I'd be a terrible politician. I can't lie with a straight face, nor am I any good at double talk or obfuscation. I also feel terrible when I let others down. To top it all off I have no desire for power, political or otherwise. I'd be an abject failure.
These days I mostly dream about five acres of fertile land and a little cottage so I could spend my days growing vegetables and listening to the birds and the sound of the wind whispering through the leaves on the trees.
As for nuclear power, I prefer renewables. We have this huge ball of energy sitting only 150 million kilometres away that sends us all this sunlight for free. You'd think we'd be able to utilise it more for power generation than we currently are, especially given all the empty land we have in this country.
Ann, I'd be a terrible politician. I can't lie with a straight face, nor am I any good at double talk or obfuscation. I also feel terrible when I let others down. To top it all off I have no desire for power, political or otherwise. I'd be an abject failure.
These days I mostly dream about five acres of fertile land and a little cottage so I could spend my days growing vegetables and listening to the birds and the sound of the wind whispering through the leaves on the trees.
As for nuclear power, I prefer renewables. We have this huge ball of energy sitting only 150 million kilometres away that sends us all this sunlight for free. You'd think we'd be able to utilise it more for power generation than we currently are, especially given all the empty land we have in this country.
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