Look like ET could not keep many old members actively posting anymore. Why?

Baron said:
Posting about trading will come about because a person is actively involved in the markets. If that person is forced out of trading because of losses or if he decides to stop trading for another reason, then the posts from that person will eventually stop as well. So I don't think ET or any other site can really "keep" a certain member posting about trading indefinitely if his interests have moved elsewhere.

But it's also possible that the same member could eventually return one day and pick up where he left off. I was contacted by a previously active member who returned the other day after having not been on the site in 10 years. He was so happy to see that things were essentially still going on in the exact same way just like it was when he left over a decade ago.
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And some might return under a different username. Since ET doesn't limit the number of username a member can have unless some other forum sites, we might be still reading posts of the alter-egos of still older members.

Regardless ET is great, providing a much needed social atmosphere for us traders. Whether it's old or new members, it's the quality of the posts that counts. I really enjoy being here. :)
 
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wrbtrader said:
I also remember others like Lescor and many more. Although Lescor announced to the forum why he was leaving...he still felt compelled to return to explain why he left years earlier because rumors started that he had blown up. I think he only returned briefly for a few posts was just to tell folks everything is OK because apparently some members here are good friends of his...a few he personally knows.

I'm sure if he didn't know anybody here, he would care less what they were thinking about him while he was gone.
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lescor blew up? I just read from one of his posts that he reached $1 million mark some time in 2008, amidst the financial crisis!
 
learner2007 said:
Calling speedo a troll is like calling the Pope an atheist.
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You should watch the show The Young Pope starring Jude Law. Gives you a whole new perspective on the popedom. GREAT acting by Jude Law. *FANTASTIC* show!!
 
This is not a particulary smart thread, but anyway...

OddTrader said:
Look like ET could not keep many old members actively posting anymore.
Just curious!
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Stay ignorant no more, Pekelo is to your rescue!!!

1. There is nothing special about people leaving a once often used website. It happens to ANY message board that exist for an extended period of time, not just ET. Quite natural.

2. The longer a website exist, the less oldtimers it can retain. I bet a hundred years from now no current poster is going to post here anymore, if you catch my drift.

3. In a specialized website like ET, there is just so many topics we can discuss before we run into repetition. Repetition is boring, just like your wife of 10 years. That is when you move on.

4. Things happen to people, they die, they blow out, some even get rich. The reason to be here cease to exist in short.

5. Trading is extra special, (as compared to stamp collecting) that the professional death rate is specially high, so people move on to be hairdressers, pizza drivers, etc.

I probably could make up another reasons, but these will do. Any other question you might wonder about?
 
Pekelo said:
2. The longer a website exist, the less oldtimers it can retain. I bet a hundred years from now no current poster is going to post here anymore, if you catch my drift.
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What are you talking about??!! I am still coming back to post here in my afterlife as long as this site is still up after 100 years. :)
 
JSOP said:
lescor blew up? I just read from one of his posts that he reached $1 million mark some time in 2008, amidst the financial crisis!
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He did not blow up. Other's started a rumor that he blew up and I suspect he briefly returned to the forum to explain everything is ok and living well.

This forum has a nasty happy of trying to start rumors about a trader when that trader leaves the forum. Worst, sometimes the moderators and the forum owner (Baron) have been involved in such rumors too.

Thus, even if you notify the forum about why you're leaving...members after a few months or years will start the rumors as if you never explained a thing.

wrbtrader
 
wrbtrader said:
He did not blow up. Other's started a rumor that he blew up and I suspect he briefly returned to the forum to explain everything is ok and living well.

This forum has a nasty happy of trying to start rumors about a trader when that trader leaves the forum. Worst, sometimes the moderators and the forum owner (Baron) have been involved in such rumors too.

Thus, even if you notify the forum about why you're leaving...members after a few months or years will start the rumors as if you never explained a thing.

wrbtrader
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Oh that's good to know. Now if I see a member leaving the forum and not coming back for a long time, I am going to just assume he/she has made it and is a multi-millionaire living the good life! :)
 
I mainly come here to see what unique interesting ideas I can gobble up and add to my collective. Lately it's been like a dessert. I think I'm more on the giving end now then receiving. I miss the poster here named Master Cheese. He had a unique thinking style.

Now, having said that consider this scenario:

If you were to be locked up in a cave by terrorists. At the end of 1 week what do you do to free yourself?
 
JSOP said:
Oh that's good to know. Now if I see a member leaving the forum and not coming back for a long time, I am going to just assume he/she has made it and is a multi-millionaire living the good life! :)
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Unfortunately, if a long time member leaves without an explanation...I assume the worst...health related and because of such...not able to post only via personal experience. :(
 
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