Baron's Biggest Mistake

[Baron]

The reason why we have off-topic forums for Politics and Religion is because we learned the hard way that people are going to post about those topics no matter what. So if there's no designated areas for that type of discussion, people will post about these subjects anyway throughout the various trading forums. So we figured it would be best to create a corral for those discussions than to constantly be deleting posts, providing explanations to users, banning people, etc.

 

[Zzzz1]

like, "we could not contain illegal prostitution all over the city so we gave the Johns and hoes and pimps a nice cordoned off area to go about their business so that the Johns can carry their STD back home without much drama", or "let's not police the whole city anymore but leave an area where the savages and gangstas can freely roam and knock each other out".

I get it, thanks for clarifying.

The reason why we have off-topic forums for Politics and Religion is because we learned the hard way that people are going to post about those topics no matter what. So if there's no designated areas for that type of discussion, people will post about these subjects anyway throughout the various trading forums. So we figured it would be best to create a corral for those discussions than to constantly be deleting posts, providing explanations to users, banning people, etc.

 

[Baron]

like, "we could not contain illegal prostitution all over the city so we gave the Johns and hoes and pimps a nice cordoned off area to go about their business so that the Johns can carry their STD back home without much drama", or "let's not police the whole city anymore but leave an area where the savages and gangstas can freely roam and knock each other out".

That's correct.

 

[Banjo]

That's correct.

LOL, one of the great lessons learned dealing with the public is how many assholes there are in the world. One of the great lessons dealing with the public through a business structure of anomynity is how many determined assholes there are in the world.

 

[zdreg]

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[FortuneTeller]

I think opening up the P&R forums to bigotry, misogyny, racism, hatred, and fake news was one of your biggest career mistakes.

Just stay out of the shit hole. I haven't been there for quite awhile and it feels good baby!

 

[JackRab]

The reason why we have off-topic forums for Politics and Religion is because we learned the hard way that people are going to post about those topics no matter what...

That makes total sense! I sometimes wander onto that side of ET and generally shake my head at the first thread I see... I would be very annoyed to see those pop-up in the normal sections.

I also see a lot of people with 10k+ posts on P+R who I never see in the regular trading related sections... so it works, good on ya!

 

[xandman]

I think Baron is a forum design and marketing genius. He could probably start a consultancy for forums in other domains. Maybe he has one already.

ET looks incredibly simple, but that is because Baron has done an incredible job hiding the complexity under the hood.

And btw, this structure allows your trading related posts to be routed to collocated machines at 350 E. Cermak.

 

[Zzzz1]

I see your point but it's misleading of mgt to pretend as if only those two choices exist. It takes one mouse click for Baron or Magna to ban people. They can do so with my or anyone's account at any point in time. Then it's easy to screen for identical IPs even in light of the fact some may use proxy servers or vpns. It does not keep the most egregious pest away but 99% of hatred and racism would be gone from one day to another.

Imho it's a cheap excuse to tolerate racism and bigotry in thread B in order to keep it out of thread A.

That makes total sense! I sometimes wander onto that side of ET and generally shake my head at the first thread I see... I would be very annoyed to see those pop-up in the normal sections.

I also see a lot of people with 10k+ posts on P+R who I never see in the regular trading related sections... so it works, good on ya!

 

[OddTrader]

The reason why we have off-topic forums for Politics and Religion is because we learned the hard way that people are going to post about those topics no matter what. So if there's no designated areas for that type of discussion, people will post about these subjects anyway throughout the various trading forums. So we figured it would be best to create a corral for those discussions than to constantly be deleting posts, providing explanations to users, banning people, etc.

A good example is shown below for a thread about Bloomberg News:

Your thread Remember When Trump Said He Saved 1,100 Jobs at a Carrier Plant? was moved to a different forum.

https://elitetrader.com/et/threads/...e-saved-1-100-jobs-at-a-carrier-plant.308169/

Remember When Trump Said He Saved 1,100 Jobs at a Carrier Plant?

Well, globalization doesn’t give a damn.

by Bryan Gruley
and Rick Clough
March 29, 2017

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...p-said-he-saved-1-100-jobs-at-a-carrier-plant

While another thread about Bloomberg Politics can be kept in the Economics forum.

https://elitetrader.com/et/threads/trump-vows-to-put-ceos-to-work-restoring-us-manufacturing.307116/

What kind of jobs does he want to bring back?! I still can't understand it. Hard manufacturing jobs that flew to China?! Can somebody explain me the point of this move please?
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/...-corporate-ceos-thursday-on-economic-policies

Trump Vows to Put CEOs to Work Restoring US Manufacturing

...the point of this move please? https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/...-corporate-ceos-thursday-on-economic-policies

Thread by: felixbocharov, Feb 23, 2017, 53 replies, in forum: Economics