Replies to post #491 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[smartestone]

If you have two threads for a stock, one for the bullish perspective, and one for the bearish, can a bearish post be removed from the bullish thread because it's "off-topic"? Arguably so, and it'd be a strong argument.

Yes. Two threads one bullish and one bearish is the only way I can see for the COB concept to work.
1) The COB will have a financial interest in seeing the price of the stock go up. He will want to delete any negative posts. There is no way around this, it will happen.
2)If the COB power to delete negative posts is taken away. Posting wars will then start as each side bullish and bearish try to bury each others posts.
3) Personal attacks will start and you will be working 24/7 to try and restore order. Or IH will become another RB.

So the only way to have bearish comments on a stock is to have a bearish thread IMO.
1)Bearish posts on the bull thread are off topic and bullish posts on the bear thread are off topic.
2) This would also make it easier for a new investor to get info also. They could quickly go to the bull thread and get the positive side and go to the bear thread and get the negative side. Without have to read through 100`s of BS fighting posts between bulls and bears that say nothing.

And if a person has the bullish thread bookmarked and a bearish thread is added later, do they know there's a separate thread out there for the bearish perspective?

Is there no progaming language to do this? Tie the bull thread and bear thread together?

[marcos]

These are all good points ... there's probably no perfect solution since after all we are mostly mammals here ... whatever the place develops into will be a product of the individuals present, and since there are a number here i know and respect, seems to me it stands a chance.

Hey look - a week ago i couldn't even spell charman of the bored, and now i are one - http://www.investorshub.com/beta/board.asp?board_id=568

Also for the goldbugs - der Schweikster has started a PMs thread - http://www.investorshub.com/beta/board.asp?board_id=565

[WillyWizard]

Bob to save confussion lets have a "bullish" and "bearish" thread for each stock and allow no others. I want to be able to read both side's feelings. What I don't want is arguement or personal attacks. I also feel OTCBBs duel threads are important. OTCBBs should not be singled out at non-important topics.

Wilkly

[Mark Marcellus]

Bob, I think the dual "Bull/Bear" stock thread proposal is a very bad idea. Perhaps a historical example will help me explain why I feel this way. Suppose this site was around and had this concept in place in, say, late 1997. Let's arbitrarily pick a penny stock that was active at the time, say, OVIS/RMIL. What exactly would a "bulls only" board for that stock have been? Would it have been something that you would have wanted to be associated with, or have had this site associated with? I can't imagine how any number of countervailing "bear" sites could overcome the stink emanating from something like that. I can think of any number of similar examples.

It's true that there will be people who want to invest in BB stocks, and who will want to hear only good things about their investments. But it seems to me that an "ignore" feature should be completely adequate for people who want to indulge in nothing but warm fuzzy feelings while they lose all their money.

Regardless of how the CoB concept plays out with the BB's, here are what I think should be the minimum requirements for all the BB stock boards:

- A mandatory link from each thread header to a blurb which lays out in graphic detail the odds facing BB stock investors, and a detailed warning about the potential for abuse by less than scrupulous companies and promotors.

- A declaration by the CoB's and Directors that they have not and will not receive any sort of compensation for promoting the stock, and that they will receive no compensation in the future. If this is considered too harsh, then perhaps permit those who have received compensation in the past to be CoB if that compensation is completely disclosed in the thread header. If even this is too much, then at the least require immediate complete disclosure of all compensation received in the thread header (or in a message in the thread if received after they have relinquished their duties). This last, minimal, disclosure requirement is non-negotiable IMO, as I believe that non disclosure of compensation received for promoting a stock would be in violation of SEC rules.

- Assuming multiple boards, the ability to link to all other threads for that stock from each thread. This could be a listing of links under the thread header or, if that would be unwieldy, a link to the links. (This is probably a good idea for all the stock boards).