Has Elite Trader "jumped the shark?"

[Preston Forbes]

Perhaps just a temporary drawdown with new highs to be reached soon after we have a triple bottom...

 

[MandelbrotSet]

Quote from Thunderdog:

I'm reminded of a once-vibrant mall that slowly begins to lose an anchor tenant here and there, along with some other, smaller national or regional chain stores. The vacant stores then become occupied by dippy flea-market-type operations. The place still looks reasonably busy, but you know it's only a matter of time before the whole tent folds. It's not a great analogy, but I think you get my meaning.

That's a good analogy, but you still have people who are good traders around, take their trading seriously and want to contribute.

 

[nkhoi]

don't know about ET but this thread is about to do it.

 

[Thunderdog]

Quote from nkhoi:

don't know about ET but this thread is about to do it.

Cutting a little too close to the bone, are we?

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from Thunderdog:

You're welcome.

You're so vain
You probably think this "post" is about you
You're so vain
I'll bet you think this "post" is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

-Carly Simon-

 

[traderdragon2]

ET just got passed in the race

 

[ATLien]

Why oh why? Maybe it's because threads that do not turn into shitfests are statistical outliers on this board.

 

[MandelbrotSet]

Quote from traderdragon2:

ET just got passed in the race

Wow!

Thanks for the info td2, I'm sure it's all good with you.

 

[Red_Ink_inc]

Quote from Thunderdog:

Perhaps I am biased, but I think it has jumped. The absurdity level of some posters and their posts appear to be on the rise. And unless there is a growing market for such absurdity, I think the bloom may be off ET's rose. However, I do think that the hardware and software forums are generally very good resources, and I have certainly benefited from them.

I have to agree with Thunderdog. There are some very good traders here. I have personally met 10+ of them and have greatly benefited from knowing them. However, the site is controlled by a few 'no life' posters, who post nonsense all day long.

In addition to that you even have sponsors behaving like children.

It could be so much more, but I guess it is what it is.

 

[ak15]

You know a site is in trouble, when posters start to take matters into their own hands and decide to play God. They think they have the authority to decide who can post here and who can post what.
They jump into threads unprovoked and start lambasting, deriding and bad mouthing a single individual. Imo, they are cowards. If you want to take on somebody, do so solo, don't try to solicit your buddies to come and join you thereby forming a Gestapo type unit against a single hapless individual. The unit then goes after this individual, from thread to thread, hounding him and bullying him with material that is totally unrelated to the subject matter being discussed.
The level of stupidity, ignorance, and profanity has reached heretofore unscaled levels.The silver lining here is that such behavior is limited to a few forums which seem to be the target of the late night crowd, fortified with and buoyed by alcohol.