"I'd have a better chance if I could count my moderated posts"
For instance the following content-laden post (which has been a wild world-wide hit, having been quoted in many stock-forums) was deemed too low content for Hotcopper :
The 23 stages of a Hotcopper Fantasy stock ------------------------------------------
1. Dormant explorer quietly acquires exploration tenement in an unheard of part of the world 2. Intention to drill the 'hottest' commodity of the day is announced to the market 3. Investors undertake a quick geography lesson. Tenement located on Google Earth 4. Messianic posters appear on Hotcopper extolling the virtues of this 'sure-fire-thing'. 5. Posters cram on Wikipedia. Regional geology and drilling techniques knowledgeably discussed 6. On location photo of company official appears (in safari suit) 7. Frequent company announcements, such as capital raisings, are greeted enthusiastically 8. Optimistic valuations by Hotcopper geologists/economists abound 9. Each powerpoint presentation adds $1 billion to the market capitalisation 10. Market price climbs precipitously 11. Stockmarket novices delight in referring to options as 'oppies' and ordinary shares as 'heads' 12. Mountains of previously 'scarce' scrip hits the market 13. Director sales are rationalized with pathetic excuses 14. Market price drops precipitously 15. Numerous conspiracy theories regarding capping, profiling and price manipulation emerge 16. Shareholders reluctantly espouse Long-Term-Buy-and-Hold investment 17. The once prolific 'Messiah' suffers writer's block, and no longer responds to posts 18. Company announcements dry up and become more vague 19. Lots of acrimonious exchanges ensue on Hotcopper 20. The 'Messiah' and his band of faithfuls move camp 21. Seek.com and Metlink web-sites experience a sharp increase in traffic 22. The 'Messiah' attributes his blunder to dishonest reporting by company management 23. Hotcopper thread becomes a group therapy session for bagholders
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