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Rog, let me share with you how I think you went wrong here.
You walked into a saloon full of gunslingers, telling everyone you were coaching people on how to be a gunslinger for $1250 for each nine hour slot. It only stands to reason that some of those gunslingers in the saloon are going to publicly question your gunslinging skills and ask you to show them what you can do.
But I think the real problem was that you made no attempt to engage with the community in a genuine way. It was all about promoting yourself and your coaching services right from the start. There is only one real way to build up good will in an online community and that is become a genuine, participating member of the community, contributing to threads with no agenda other than to further the discussion. If you had posted some good content, at least you would have earned some credibility. Even the cynics here will give credit where credit is due. If you had started a great forex analysis thread with some live calls and sharp technical analysis, people would have taken more of an interest, or perhaps more of an interest in a positive way.
Instead, the approach you took gave people the impression that you were just here to make a few quick bucks out of the community without giving anything back. This community is more than 13 years old, many members have been here more than 10 years. They've seen this all before, as have I. It's a semi-regular occurrence. You might like to check out Buddy Fox's thread from 2010 on how he makes $3 grand a day by day trading: https://www.aussiestockforums.com/threads/i-can-make-3-grand-a-day-day-trading.19692/
But most people here - rightly, in my view - are only interested in results. Results speak much louder than claims, especially when you claim to be making 30% a week consistently. It's hard for anyone to take that seriously without some kind of evidence. It's easy to make a claim, it's much harder to prove it.
Anyway, just some thoughts about how I think you went wrong here. I think you made some bad calls and it's unfortunate. As the administrator I just want everyone to get along. It makes my job easier when that happens. However, sometimes the community rises up and things get a little out of hand. This was one of those times.
You walked into a saloon full of gunslingers, telling everyone you were coaching people on how to be a gunslinger for $1250 for each nine hour slot. It only stands to reason that some of those gunslingers in the saloon are going to publicly question your gunslinging skills and ask you to show them what you can do.
But I think the real problem was that you made no attempt to engage with the community in a genuine way. It was all about promoting yourself and your coaching services right from the start. There is only one real way to build up good will in an online community and that is become a genuine, participating member of the community, contributing to threads with no agenda other than to further the discussion. If you had posted some good content, at least you would have earned some credibility. Even the cynics here will give credit where credit is due. If you had started a great forex analysis thread with some live calls and sharp technical analysis, people would have taken more of an interest, or perhaps more of an interest in a positive way.
Instead, the approach you took gave people the impression that you were just here to make a few quick bucks out of the community without giving anything back. This community is more than 13 years old, many members have been here more than 10 years. They've seen this all before, as have I. It's a semi-regular occurrence. You might like to check out Buddy Fox's thread from 2010 on how he makes $3 grand a day by day trading: https://www.aussiestockforums.com/threads/i-can-make-3-grand-a-day-day-trading.19692/
But most people here - rightly, in my view - are only interested in results. Results speak much louder than claims, especially when you claim to be making 30% a week consistently. It's hard for anyone to take that seriously without some kind of evidence. It's easy to make a claim, it's much harder to prove it.
Anyway, just some thoughts about how I think you went wrong here. I think you made some bad calls and it's unfortunate. As the administrator I just want everyone to get along. It makes my job easier when that happens. However, sometimes the community rises up and things get a little out of hand. This was one of those times.
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