| | | Message #14501 from ItsAllCyclical at 8/14/2013 10:46:12 PM
OT - Have been posting far less but have enjoyed reading your posts again of late. Hope you stick around and maybe put in one post weekly (more if you're generous). How's the health and personal life? What motivated you to start posting again?
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Well, I sent a PM to John Pitera on April 17, 2013 about a market read, and I mentioned to him that after not having participated in online message boards in over 2-years, I was considering participating on his board.
I never received an answer to that PM.
On June 10, 2013, I received a PM from John saying he noticed I had been lurking in the background, but had not posted in a while, and he invited me to post on his forum. The "lurking" he noticed was my public recommendations on some posts, which was a new SI feature.
Well, I was finally drawn back in to respond to a post Jorj wrote on June 20th, and I've been around since.
Why do I post?
1. I run across an awful lot of useful, sometimes actionable, material during the course of a typical day, and I feel rather selfish not sharing with a broader group of people who also may be looking for insights.
2. I learned an awful lot in the early years I was on SI, specifically 2001-2002. I've always been very keen on giving back and helping others the way I had been helped when I was way back on the learning curve.
3. I enjoy the collaborative investing community. When I had my own thread it kind of became a job, but when I broke free for a couple of years, I was re-energized.
What has my experience been like since I've been back on SI?
1. I've enjoyed re-connecting with those I had exchanged with throughout the past, both on SI and elsewhere.
2. I appreciated the hospitality of John Pitera and his support while he was here. Frankly, I've been disappointed he pursued me to post here, then essentially vanished. He may be busy, have a new job, have other priorities, but to go 2-months without checking in and giving no warning of his leaving was strange to say the least.
On dozens of occasions I traveled internationally for weeks at a time, often times going days without food or sleep, but I still checked in on my thread daily with few exceptions when I was running it. I guess we're all different, but this is something that has really surprised me about this thread. John's rarely here, and other interactions here are few.
Those of us who do remain are an older demographic than what was populating SI in the late 90's and early 2000's. Much of the chatter back then was not always what you'd call constructive, but there were also many great, young minds contributing to the forums here. Now that group has splintered, with Twitter a popular platform for rapid fire traders and tips. Blog comments have also absorbed many of the folks who used to post on forums such as these. Check out Zero Hedge comments and you'll get an idea of what I'm talking about.
It seems we've lost some more folks on SI with the new ad policies, but I'll keep plugging along here as long as I have worthwhile and relevant things others may wish to read. |
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