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If you asking for a vote, i vote for mark brown
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From: "BobsKC" <bobskc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 2:21 AM
Subject: Re: [RT] List description: interrogatories
> I respect your views Kent. It is important for me to hear everyone's
> thoughts. I said I would not try to press my personal agenda on the list
> and I meant that. None the less, unless I see clear evidence to the
> contrary, I will continue to believe that courtesy is not a happenstance
> trait but rather a required commodity for any group of people our size. I
> also will need to see a clear majority who wish to have Mark Brown back on
> this list and I do not believe there is even a remote possibility of that
> happening. Whatever else we may or may not agree on, I would hope you
> agree that a group such as ours should make decisions based on the
> democratic concept of majority rules.
>
> As to people selling things on the list, I addressed that in my post with
> suggestions for changes to our list description but you left my
suggestions
> for that part of the new description off your post. There are some
> commercial enterprise interests on our list but as long as they don't
troll
> the list for customers, I don't have a problem with that. I know of three
> business owners on here and they all contribute to the list. Business
> owners are people too and many if not all, on this list, are traders.
>
> Your point about people making unnecessary short replies to the list is
> well taken but as you, yourself, pointed out, we have many newer members
of
> the trading/investing world who are likely new to computers and mail lists
> as well. The bandwidth for a txt email is nearly nonexistent and removing
> people for over-exuberance is unlikely to happen.
>
> Again, I thank you for your input and hope you will continue to express
> your views which will always be given respective attention.
>
> All best,
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 11:25 PM 4/4/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>
> > >Please keep posts to the point and on the subject matter and refrain
from
> > >unnecessary short reply posts like "thank you" type replies that use up
> > >valuable members' reading time.
> >
> >I would like to see posting privs for people who violate this rule
suspended
> >just as much or more than I would like to see people who occassionally
> >attack others get booted off the list. "Me toos" and "thank yous" take
up
> >far more bandwidth and are substantially worth less than some attacks.
> >
> >
> > >Also, please give each member's post the respect it deserves, whether
or
> > >not you agree with the conclusions reached, and treat each other with
> > >professionalism and common decency. Personal attacks are not to be made
on
> > >this forum. Violators will be removed immediately.
> >
> > >Posts advertising the sale of any products or services of companies are
not
> > >tolerated in this forum. Members who post these kind of messages will
be
> > >removed immediately.
> >
> >This is the big area of contention. What a lot of people don't know is
that
> >some people will post market calls or will make subtle references to some
> >magic method they use and then when people (mostly newbies) on the list
> >approach them privately, the poster will try to sell them something.
Many
> >of you don't appreciate the fact that this is what Mark Brown was trying
to
> >expose. You all just get so frosted that he made a personal attack. You
> >never consider the reason for the attack. Mark has shown me some of the
> >stuff that vendors ON THIS LIST tried to sell him when he contacted them
> >privately under an alias.
> >
> >And let's consider the phrase "give each member's post the respect it
> >deserves". Does a post deserve respect just because a member of this
list
> >made it? I submit the answer is "No". When someone posts "the market
will
> >go up and the market will go down over the next few days", that is wholly
> >deserving of ridicule. Compare profitok's posts to Hohn Capello's. Ben
is
> >very specific, Capello is very vague. Membership of this list can be
broken
> >down into 2 categories: the experienced and the inexperienced. I believe
> >that when the experienced members of this list take the time to ridicule
> >worthless posts, they are doing a service to the inexperienced. How
about
> >you? They are also BENEFITTING all members of the list because the
object
> >of ridicule will consider his or her posts more carefully. If the person
> >being ridiculed is actually a spammer pretending to make real market
calls,
> >that person will be more likely to move on in search of more spammable
> >pastures. I don't know about you, but I would like to be on a list where
> >people who put REAL MONEY behind their trades are the on people posting
to
> >the list. Not a list where anyone with an email account tosses out
> >completely hypothetical crap about what the market may or may not do over
a
> >hypothetical timeframe. How about you? I'm not interested in the fact
that
> >Mars is up Uranus. I want to know what that means for the market. How
> >about you?
> >
> >
> > >New membership to the Realtraders forum is by invitation only, with the
> > >exception of existing members who are changing email addresses.
> >
> >I would like Mark Brown to be reinstated. And perhaps when he attacks
> >someone, the more sensitive members on the list could think about whether
or
> >not he has a point rather than just getting your panties in a wad.
> >
> >
> > >***Membership in Realtraders is open to anyone who wishes to learn and
> > >share information in a professional environment where courtesy and
respect
> > >of one another is paramount.***
> >
> >I would like professionalism to be paramount. Professionalism does not
mean
> >politeness. The respect or lack of respect I get from this list has zero
> >effect on my ego. Zero. If I were to post some crap and get hammered
for
> >it, I would reconsider the crap that I posted, not whine to the
moderator.
> >And I would much rather belong to a Real Traders list where Real Traders
> >acted like Klingons who just won the Soccer World Cup than I would like
to
> >belong to a list where faux traders treat each other with respect and
> >courtesy.
> >
> >If you had to be on a list with Dic Migrains or Mark Browns, which would
you
> >choose?
> >
> >
> >Kent
> >
> >
> >
> >
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