Re: MT5 Jan 2021 14:22
I subscribe to BB's like ADVFN & LSE in the hope of learning about the shares or IT's I'm interested in. Unfortunately, for every one good poster, who consistently adds to my knowledge there are tens of others, who either behave like members of a mob, hurl insults at one another or behave badly or inappropriately. There seems to be a lack of both thought & civility in the way many people act here. It is damaging & depressing. I have followed MT's comments on copper & oil shares for a number of years & found his research to be, in the main, well done & useful. His work on both ARS & CAML was responsible for my interest in both these companies. I agree he can be a bit strident at times, but his previous criticisms of the ARS BoD's failures to move on with the BKM project & its consistent failure to meet deadlines was & is accurate. MT I suggest you reconsider the tone & frequency of your criticisms, but I intend listening to what you have to say, even when I disagree with you.
I would make a plea to all of you who use these BB's, you can disagree with posters, but stop the mob behaviour & insults. It serves no useful purpose.
The article referenced below, by Ed Croft of Stockopedia, is a useful insight into the use & usefulness of BB's. You may disagree with Mr Croft, but the article has value. I especially like the parable he quotes as follows:
"A group of medieval scholars were debating how many teeth were in a horse's mouth. To answer the question, each person stood up and cited their favourite authority--but there was still NO agreement. A junior member of the group, then suggested that the group should go outside and simply "COUNT" a horse's teeth--to resolve the question once and for all! Upon hearing this, the rest of the group became so alarmed that, according to the manuscript, they "fell upon him, smote him hip and thigh, and cast him from the company of educated men."
Good luck to all of us investors & lets try to be a little kinder to our fellow posters.
https://www.stockopedia.com/blog/can-you-beat-the-market-reading-stock-market-bulletin-boards-144414/