counter_violent
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1) Community live trading rooms. eg Index trade room, Forex trade room. Using web hosting interactive software like ivocalise. May need to be subscription depending on cost to host.
Also could be used as a guest trading education resource.
2) Simple competitions where members can pit their wits against each other and the markets. Small prizes always help, vouchers, trading books etc.
Also could be used as a guest trading education resource.
2) Simple competitions where members can pit their wits against each other and the markets. Small prizes always help, vouchers, trading books etc.
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Forum software needs updating.
I post on other forums that work more like social media sites. E.g you get an alert every time someone quotes one of your posts. You can tag other members in threads alerting them to the conversation. The idea being that you keep coming back to see how many alerts you have.
All to often, I will post on a thread here and then totally forget about it
I post on other forums that work more like social media sites. E.g you get an alert every time someone quotes one of your posts. You can tag other members in threads alerting them to the conversation. The idea being that you keep coming back to see how many alerts you have.
All to often, I will post on a thread here and then totally forget about it
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Free beer at Christmas......................😛
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Live trading room - we haven't had one on T2W for years, the most recent one we had hosted on PropBoards (when it was still managed by T2W). That used the BlaB software from http://hot-things.net/ but iVoacalise looks interesting and let's you do voice conferencing.
If any one can recommend some other software, we can decide what's most appropriate. For example, video conferencing, screen sharing etc.
There's quite a history of contests on the sites (share ---> dow ---> forex contests). If anyone can come up with a concept for another type of contest, ideally hosted in the forum (like the S&P one we currently sponsor), I'd be happy to put up some prizes.
ffsear, do you have instant alerts turned on by default? It's in your Options here: http://www.trade2win.com/boards/profile.php?do=editoptions - see "Default Thread Subscription Mode". That way you get notified about any new posts to threads you participate in. If you mean something else (I think you do), then drop me a message with the forums and I'll take a look if it's something we can incorporate.
Aww yes, fond memories! =)
Sounds like a xmas meet-up is long overdue. Let the free beer flow....
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Ok.. how about a 'Chart of the day' Could be a weekly competition. Posters submit 2 x charts with a trade or trades they actually made with notes the where's and whys. Posts limited to 2 per person per week and one must be a trade or trades that didn't work out, as instructive as ones that did imo.
Prizes for the good, the bad and the ugly.
Prizes for the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Is that the e-mail alerts. I have those all turned off as I found them annoying. Its more of a Facebook type alert/tagging system. That happens within the forum itself.
Have a look at these guys http://xenforo.com/
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Sounds like a great suggestion. I was thinking we could do a different contest each month initially and see what sticks, then perhaps decide which become permanent contests. Let me give this some more thought.
Aww, thanks for the clarification. Will check it out.
ForexDesk - yeah that was the real deal. When the project was put on hold, the contest ended. I hope we can fire it back up, even if it serves more as a contest platform. It's pretty high maintenance though, as it was a technically very challenging project. So I think bringing it back is a more long-term prospect.
Interesting, I'm going to check it out and see if we can add it to T2W.
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Provide a premium subscription membership. Doesn't have to be a great deal. £5/month should do it. Access to premium forums where only the serious players and those genuinely interested in getting a quality education and finding intelligent and experienced traders with which to discuss and share ideas. A fiver would be just enough to keep the penniless trolls, spammers, scammers and snipers out. (A quid would probably do it, but let's be reasonable.)
Also provide premium members the ability and mechanism to vote out of the premium forums those who become undesirable. Just like any decent country club.
Also provide premium members the ability and mechanism to vote out of the premium forums those who become undesirable. Just like any decent country club.
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Interesting idea Sigma-D, thanks for sharing!
Premium subscriptions are something that have been suggested over the years but never came to fruition. The implementation your suggested would serve as a simple way to cut down 'noise'. A few things come to mind...
- Are the 'penniless trolls, spammers, scammers and snipers' a big enough problem on the regular forums to warrant it?
- Would non-paying members still have the ability to view the content, although not participate?
- What impact would this have on discussion in the 'public' forums, which would then serve as a 'feeder' into the 'premium' forums?
- How to solve the chicken and egg, problem of members paying for access to quality content that isn't there yet?
Premium subscriptions are something that have been suggested over the years but never came to fruition. The implementation your suggested would serve as a simple way to cut down 'noise'. A few things come to mind...
- Are the 'penniless trolls, spammers, scammers and snipers' a big enough problem on the regular forums to warrant it?
- Would non-paying members still have the ability to view the content, although not participate?
- What impact would this have on discussion in the 'public' forums, which would then serve as a 'feeder' into the 'premium' forums?
- How to solve the chicken and egg, problem of members paying for access to quality content that isn't there yet?
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Isn't that implemented already ? Via private forums like "Just Trading" for example , only invited and approved members can participate in , but its hardly active at the moment , yes its for free but its the same principle .
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Ask yourself, of all the new content posted today, how much of it has added anything to the sum total of genuine trading members' knowledge? When you compare what's happening today to say 8 years, or even 4 or even just 2 years ago - quality has dropped off the cliff. I'm only comparing a few posts from here and there to more recent stuff since I joined, but ask any of the old-timers - what few remain - if they find it the same place. Paying even a token amount is a commitment and sufficient in my view to set a tone and mode which would have an extremely positive impact not just on vibe, but content too.
Well of course! Many would stand on the sidelines as they do now, but for the more committed, the chance to interact with the good and the great would be an opportunity not to be missed and they'd have no hesitation in joining the happy throng.
What do you care? The forums are all but dead anyway which is why I suspect you're asking the question you are by starting this thread. Anything which promotes sensible, polite and experienced debate has got to be a good thing. Plus I don't imagine you and Steve would be unhappy with the prospect of additional revenue from this stream.
The reason the private forums foundered is that the audience was never invited. It was all on recommendation and personal networking. I am fairly certain if you were to invite your own personal top-10 members from the past to participate in an open discussion on any trading topic where they would be free from the collective dross, the respectful circle round that campfire would grow exponentially.
Nobody knew they wanted any premium brand until they were (a) told it was premium and (b) sampled the goods.
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Which leads us on to why the content dry's up from those sufficiently knowledgeable and able to provide it. After a while, they realise that there's just no upside in sharing and educating others ( think bbmac ), and especially when nothing comes back in return.
Collaborations on the other hand are a different matter....they can be very fruitful but usually very small numbers of people involved. 2 or 3 people.
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Which is exactly the question I was going to ask and therefore perhaps the one Sharky should ask of those quality posters who now rarely post or stopped posting altogether. You must still have their contact details. Ask them. Then ask them what would need to be the ideal scenario for them to want to contribute and participate again. Offer them that (only if you can deliver) and a free premium membership for life.
Is that really the case, in every case?
By far the most of the 'good' threads for which I have had access appear to have died because of personal issues with other members and typically, the provocation comes from the usual quarters and the usual suspects. You don't have to be on this site for too long to be able to draw a vertical line and put on one side 'the good guys' and on the other side 'the envious, nasty, sniping wannabees and angry failed traders'. The makeup of each group changes over time but the demarcation is constant.
Look at the Journey from the Basement thread. I have no idea if that guy was genius or madman, but the moderator was up front in saying there would be zero tolerance for slagging off and sniping. It ran for a million years. Still not sure if that was a good thing or not, but when there is a mandated will to protect the talent (TBD) and that will is exercised and seen to be exercised, the talent continues to publish.
Sharky, I said in a post above the premium area should be open to non-premium members. Gave that some thought. Make that just the premium forum structure and premium thread tittles.
