Apparently, SI is no longer interested in supporting the underlying reasons why the markets move in one way or another. . . such as the treasury department is broke.
After looking over the SI boards, it appears there is a new policy in effect immediately. SI claims that newbies are ONLY attracted to talk about stocks, and that because of the name of this website, they owe it to the newbies to be primarily about stocks.
The loyal posters that have stuck with SI through thick and thin (to say the least) are no longer as important to SI. This is likely due to the fact that we are all grandfathered in. So this site, famed for its intelligent thoughtful and courteous posters, is taking a page from the annals of corporate greed and ignoring those that made the company great in favor of those who increase this quarter's bottom line.
So in an effort to attract more paying business, SI appears to be focusing support toward market boards, and moving everyone's board that is presently off-topic to the political and government classification to get them out of the way of the 222,222... grub contest. We are not the only ones. There is discussion by board leaders elsewhere as well:
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Smart investors all over this site, who realize the critical role politics is currently playing in this game (aka/ seeing the bigger picture), have been routinely and purposefully off topic. This is now considered by SI to be a distraction to the income stream generated by newbies over us "what have you done for me lately?" grandfathered-in'rs.
Perhaps someone should start a "Political Silicon" site, where smart discussions are prized over get-rich-quick drivel. Kind of has a ring to it, ya' know?
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