Weekend DTers Aftermarket Lounge 16-19 Feb

Originally posted by SelmaBouvier ↑

@67shelby I feel like you take the Twitter bagging too far and give people far too much credit for price action. I use Twitter and so do many others who also use Hot Copper. The one thing I see a lot of on Twitter is disagreement about which direction stocks will move. I don't see this collusion you speak of and I'm sure we read many of the same people. I don't see buying groups and no one has ever asked me to join their buying group despite people being very friendly to me. Sure a couple have told me of their favourite stocks here and there and their reasons why but no more, if not perhaps a lot less than on Hot Copper.

I don't know if you have given this any consideration, but if you mention your opinion that Twitter is full of boiler room crooks every time Twitter is mentioned, it's kind of insulting to the many many Twitter traders who are not crooks or part of boiler rooms. People shouldn't be discussed like second class citizens because they use Twitter. If a few on Twitter choose to do it about HC users, so be it. Mirroring their behaviour isn't really taking a stand or a step forward, nor is throwing all Twitter users in the same bag.

Many of us use both HC and Twitter. That's ok. And we want to be able to mention it sometimes and keep the conversation on track without it derailing into another boiler room accusation zone. I hope we get to that point soon.

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Firstly Selma, I would just like to say that my comments about twitter are usually exaggerated by the number of tweeters that come out of the wood work every time I mention the word. What would be considered a normal comment by many - is blown way out of proportion because of the uproar it causes.
Shelby - 1 poster - 1 comment
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= Shelby - replies to 5 different posters - makes Shelby look like she's going off chops, even though she is just responding to the many others.

You have to admit - there has been a concerted effort by several twitter posters to try and make a spectacle of it all - a spectacle of me specifically.

Now to respond to your post:

"I don't see this collusion you speak of and I'm sure we read many of the same people."

- I'm quite sure if there is any collusion going on, it wouldn't be out there for the world to see. I'm also sure I've seen plenty of little accidental "hints" of collusion.

"I don't see buying groups and no one has ever asked me to join their buying group despite people being very friendly to me."

- I never imagined you as naive selma.

"if you mention your opinion that Twitter is full of boiler room crooks every time Twitter is mentioned, it's kind of insulting to the many many Twitter traders who are not crooks or part of boiler rooms."

- I think that is a bit of an exaggeration. I don't yell out "boiler room crooks" every time twitter is mentioned at all.
- Do I think it is like a boiler room - sure.
- Do I think a lot of stocks pumps originate there, then make their way to HC - absolutely.

"People shouldn't be discussed like second class citizens because they use Twitter. If a few on Twitter choose to do it about HC users, so be it"

- So it's OK for twit to treat HC posters like second class citizens, but it's NOT OK for HC to do the same?
Alrighty then - got it.

Some snippets for you to look at selma. I've been careful not to show names - but they did come from the list.

Just the tip of the iceberg.

Like I've said before, It's not what you see that's the problem - it's what you don't see.

@Endless - crusade?

No - just awareness.

@Malaga - I'm not silly enough to think it will ever stop.

FWIW - I had nothing to with the article, but Yes - I was pleased to see it.

Quite pleased indeed.