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Michael.

I give in.
Ive been posting on this and one other forum for 14 yrs and I've believed as Nizar has.
Dont want to wait another 2 yrs.!
 

RECOGNITION
 

Michael, that is your opinion, but my opinion is that we can't be so categorical and lump everyone into the same mindset. IMHO, different people post for a number of various reasons.

I have been personally helped along the way, not only at ASF, but other US option forums. My goal is to give back what I have received so freely from others as time allows.
 
Well keeping with the topic.

Perhaps then 95% of people do think that people like the 5% of us who really do believe we are giving back something to 5% of people who benifit from our postings really are doing it for recognition.

Speaking for myself here I have to say the over the 14 yrs I've gained enormously from the 99.9% faceless people on these forums.
Tremendous contacts,even software,coding,direction,massive amounts of help which certainly paved the way for profitable trading,different approaches,different thinking,problem solving,confirmation,constructive critisism,feedback--to mention a few.

There may well be 5% of people who post for recognition.
And there will always be 5% of people who will always believe that its not possible for people to have non selfish motives when freely giving information/experience.

Fortunately enough of these people hang around long enough to help the small percentage who take up some of their musings.
 
Maybe 95% of people post/blog for entertainment. Beats the **** out of watching the idiot box.
 
Companionship with like minded people must be up there as a reason why people post on forums, most people like to be around other people or at least interact with them in some way...not everyone in the office or at home is interested in the types of topics we debate here on ASF.

NB We're getting a bit off topic here in relation to the initial discussion.
 

Yep. Otherwise, why would forums exist for music and every other interest you can imagine?

As for blogs, I like to write, and the possibility of having a reader forces you to write and get your thoughts on paper, which might not otherwise occur. I'm sure there are others out there who are of the same mind.
 
nizar said:
Michael in response to your questions.

Why do you post to stock trading fora?
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Why do you post to stock trading fora?
a) lark?
b) dig?
c) bit of fun?

sorry nizar, - or rather thanks - just that I never realized before that the plural of forum could be anything but forums
PS I'm guessing that 95% of people would say "forums" btw - congratulations - you're one of the 5% obviously.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/forum

Old fashioned dictionary:-

New fashioned dictionary:- (Free On-line Dictionary of Computing )
 
I think a lot of the reasons we think we need to post are secondary.

I.e. To learn, to teach, to inflate one's ego, entertainment, whatever. But maybe there's a deeper need?

Humans biological success is in no small measure been a collaborative process. We form cooperative groups and feed off each others endeavours, sometimes as a whole, sometimes in competition.

But we like to hang out together, even if for a good old fashioned dust-up... we need to communicate. Clubs, pubs, towns, cities exist for that reason.

Sitting behind a screen is lonely and the first need is communication. The need for ego, love, admiration, sport, whatever comes second.

It's a community.

...and to keep it on topic, the people with a need to feel in the 5%, need the 95% to adore them.
 

I must correct you on your use of fora.

This is not a site for latin scholars. The plural of forum is forums.

I do enjoy ASF, its posters are by far the best of any stock site one can visit for free. Occasional arguments break out, but the information is priceless even from the argumentative.

As they used say in Rome

Non illigitamus carborundum

Don't let the bastards get you down.

gg
 
People blog trading because they aren't confident enough in their trading plan to trade without blogging.

Similarly, people post in forums to validate their own beliefs.

eg

Posting "I use a 6.5ATR trailing stop and always close my positions when the stop is breached" will make me more likely to actually do this in practice.


Along the way, there can be indeed much education of others, but first and foremost we post for selfish reasons (and there is nothing at all wrong with that).

Ed Seykota - "Everyone gets what they want from the market."
 
People like to talk and share

about things that excite them...

Excitement and passion
are things that make life worth living

in some sense they are life...

motorway
 
That's a bit tough, isn't it, GG? Once upon a time only 'fora' would have been correct, but these days with the acceptance in the English language of popular idiom, 'forums' is probably more widely understood. That doesn't to my mind make 'fora' wrong.

To stay somewhat off topic, on the question of why people post on an internet forum, I'd agree with the poster who said (Wayne, I think) that we are naturally drawn to a collaborative situation, enjoying communicating with others who have similar interests and capacity to express themselves.

I don't believe at all that people posting do so necessarily to boost their egos.
Perhaps some do, but not most. I really value the information that's available on ASF on a wide variety of subjects, plus the cyber friends I have made from being a member.
 

Yes the English language is such an adaptable tool that common usage wins out over correctness, and you have to "go with the Flo" apologies to any Flo's out there.

gg
 
Garpal Gumnut said:
This is not a site for latin scholars. The plural of forum is forums.
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Classic

MichaelD said:
First and foremost we post for selfish reasons (and there is nothing at all wrong with that).
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I cant see how you can generalise this.
Different people may well post for different reasons.
Speak for yourself.
 
95% of stock forums seem to be for people to ramp their stocks.

This one is in the 5% where people who actually have an idea go to share their ideas and have them ideas challenged. Even the most successful person recognises that they won't become smarter or better if they are not challenged.

Keep up the great work ASF'ers and mods please don't let the discussion degenerate to the point where people like tech are cajoled into leaving.

 
Yeah agree; to the point that those who do post for ego purposes stick out like the dog's proverbials.

Similarly, I think Michael's hypothesis apples to a minority.
 
Why do people post on forums and blogs...
for myself I guess the usual suspects.....
to share and learn..
have more experienced traders point out where you are going wrong and hopefully point you in the right direction..
to share ideas/news and sometimes "news to be" that may help other traders and/or explain why something has happened in the market...
trading can be a plurry lonely game and at least you have some interaction with more than just a computer...
and I personally tend to ramble semi-incoherently when I have had a drop or three...

Blogging... well I sometimes run one when I am trying/testing a new idea... I find it invaluable in assessing real time whether the idea will be worth following..
each to his own I guess...
Cheers
..........Kauri
 
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