RE: FYI Org 3029 Sep 2020 17:52
I use Slack all day for business and it's great, plus in theory fully traceable. I wouldn't mind hosting/joining a Slack group.
There are still problems with that though, especially at any sort of scale - if you have a closed group there's no transparency, how do new people find it, how do you avoid a hierarchy, or a mod abusing power etc? Plus the problem of PIs getting trolled on BBs doesn't go away.
I might apply for Nobby's guild that we keep hearing about, I can definitely see the appeal of cutting out the trolls, would be interested to see how it compares to here.
There's nothing inherently wrong with investment syndicates, but especially if they do well, you could end up basically colluding to move markets. Which isn't much better than the (basically criminal) groups of traders on telegram.
I'm wondering about a BB where your username is anonymous but you have to prove your identity to join.
In an ideal world, maybe even linked with investment/trading accounts so claims could be verified.
In theory there are already legal consequences for lying but obviously enforcement is very weak.
It's an interesting problem.