Geeze, did not even hold out an entire week.
However...
I think I am returning in the correct frame
of mind, more disciplined, and with a more
refined set of rules for playing this game.
I'd encourage folks to take a week off, double
the amount of DD you do on your favorite stocks,
share only half of what you find out, post half
as often, saving much of what you know for
yourself. SI is a great place to banter, that
part of the addiction is fine. But it is no
substitute for all the things one should be
doing when researching stocks, or looking for
good trades.
Hehee, just saw Neenny's post #13, if I'd known
I was being watched I'd have tried to hold out
a bit longer <g>.
In post #17 Mark said:
people have not learned the way to use the message boards so they burn out fast or just get depressed.
There is probably some truth to that--in fact, I think
the best use of SI is to peoplemark a few folks, and
do periodic keyword searches on the topics in which
you're most interested. I've not found SI, or the net
in general, to be a very healthy way for folks to
interact. It is probably tough because you cannot see
folks reactions to what you say. Anybody ever try
mIRC? Useless, imho. Recently I even tried a listserve--
a good idea, but I didn't care for my mailbox being
clogged up.
There are some answers out there, some dot com will
execute a set of better solutions. Give this another
decade or so--online communities will be much more
refined in 2010. |
