Well I have it on good authority that Steve is no fan of lulz... What he thinks lulz will be replaced with I have no idea but I look forward to seeing the result.
Its worth thinking about who is going to replace the lulz and what they might replace it will ?
Who & Wot:
Traders who know wot is wot: Unlikely, as they are increasingly critical of the sites commercial agenda. I'm not saying that's a legitimate excuse, but its a fact that management are going to have to accept. The lulz might get a little more subversive, but it'll be lulz nevertheless.
Trade 2 Win Staff: Again unlikely because if they could have achieved this, they already would have done. I suspect most dont actually know wots wot anyway. I'm sure they'll post some stuff of a general nature, and I'm sure they can foster a sense of community, and maybe even generate some discussion, but I cant see serious traders engaging in the debate. That's OK if that's what they want, but its hardly going to be a successful niche market
Trade 2 Win Moderators: Similar argument to above, but no financial incentive, and the one mod who does have a clue isn't going to let any cats out of bags
New Members: By definition, they cant really contribute much of value due to lack of experience. They are seeking knowledge and guidance, not providing it
Vendors. There should be no problem getting vendors to contribute "intelligent nonsense". The problem is that the site is in its current state of malaise precisely due to taking this approach. You might think it would work, and on some sites it does.
The only hope that Steve has is to actually engage in trading related debate. If you look at the more successful trading sites out there, the ones with increasing membership and traffic, they tend to be run by people who genuinely seam to have a passion for trading. That's always been absent at t2w and they've suffered for it
Steve's problem of course is that every time he posts he opens up a potential can of worms due to his, and t2w's history. I genuinely sympathize with his position and I wish him the best of luck, but there's not a single thing that I'd be prepared to do to help, and I suspect many others feel the same.
I hope he proves me wrong and Tim gets to gloat, but I'm rarely wrong. If this was a trade Id be adding to my short
