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Wall Street Oasis: Suggestion Time!

(Human, 12,074

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on 8/25/12 at 6:00pm

So, after reading the thread "WSO is getting worse" where several users argued WSO was deteriorating while others disagreed, I figured it was time we throw together another WSO suggestion thread. These threads have helped us dramatically improve the user experience over the years, so why stop now...if you have any questions, please fire away!

In response to some of the claims in the previous thread, here was my response (admittedly, somewhat defensive):

"A similar post like this pops up about every August / September for about 4 years running when we get a new influx of college students every year, and every year, people claim the good 'ol days were better, when that is far from the truth. some facts:

1. Yes, we have more traffic than ever which means more college students. We will never stop repetitive questions 100%, but we can point users to our FAQ sections and our WSO Company Database when it is appropriate.

2. This increase in traffic also means more Certified User and professionals sharing their wisdom. See our recent rush of awesome Q&A threads: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/qa-threads and rush of Certified Users we've had in the last few months ....and since the WSO Conference in NYC.

3. We've put a lot of investment into our design which I think you will all agree is MUCH better than 1-2 years ago. See our group change, for example: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/new-design-for... ...if you saw the site back in 2006 or 2007, I don't think you'd be claiming it was better. :-)

4. @hpm, you have my personal email - if you care and have the time, would love to hear how you think WSO could improve (besides removing Bankerella). Would you like to see more investment pieces on the market? More advice on a specific industry? Advice for more senior professionals?

5. Bankerella has 2 posts per week out of ~70 that hit the home page every week...I think she's pretty easy to ignore if you want to. Yes, she definitely rubs SOME people the wrong way, but I think a lot of you take her way too seriously and you don't have to read her stuff (fyi, a lot of it is satire). The majority of the people that have the biggest problem with her are the same guys posting sexist shit about women 99% of the time...notice rufiolove and sirtradesalot, 2 our our best Certified Users going back and forth with her in the last thread. If you can't laugh at any of that, I feel bad for you.

6. We JUST launched new WSO User Guidelines a few weeks ago along with some new moderataor tools that make moderating MUCH easier. You should see a MAJOR decrease in spammish posts - especially as we encourage more of our regular users to use the Flag Post feature more frequently (on every comment/post). this has already reduced our mod time ~10x....we just need to get our mods and regular users to participate.

7. We continue to build out our FAQ area which has links to some of our best content by industry. We will be putting a detailed Q&A section in there that highlights the best interviews from our Certified Users as well. we also continue to add to our Finance Dictionary (which is hyperlinked in the forums to make sure people aren't asking what WACC and BB means...)

8. We didn't have the WSO Company Database or my feed functionality 1-2 years ago.

Maybe I'm blinded since my head is in the weeds and not in the forums every day, but I like to think we're moving in the right direction with better content, better tools and more interesting debates as the userbase matures. I think we can still have some fun along the way while we teach each other and give each other advice. We've already been cracking down on some of the more immature / drama users to reduce the bullshit debates, but we need help of all users to flag posts that violate our User Guidelines.

Either way, if you think we have gone downhill, I'd ask you please to give me specifics...I think we were due for another "WSO - Suggestion thread", so let me hear it in here, or if you guys want I can throw one up on the home page tonight?"

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Had a question about the user

General Disarray

(Senior Gorilla, 792

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on 8/19/12 at 7:27pm

Had a question about the user bar on top...is there any way we can add a functionality to hide/unhide it?

thanks

General Disarray: Had a

WallStreetOasis.com

(Human, 12,074

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on 8/19/12 at 7:27pm

General Disarray:

Had a question about the user bar on top...is there any way we can add a functionality to hide/unhide it?

thanks

Added to our to do list.

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This is my contribution from

That_Aston

(Gorilla, 574

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 7:28pm

This is my contribution from the other thread:

"First my suggestion would be to force all visitors of the site to register. Then when a thread is created, all members contributing to the thread should be again forced to either rank it with a SB/Neutral/MS. Threads with overwhelming negative votes would be closed."

My rationale for this is that those complaining would have some degree of power in regards to whether a post is useful/informative/etc..

Here to learn and hopefully pass on some knowledge as well. SB if I helped.

That_Aston: This is my

WallStreetOasis.com

(Human, 12,074

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on 8/19/12 at 7:37pm

That_Aston:

This is my contribution from the other thread:

My rationale for this is that those complaining would have some degree of power in regards to whether a post is useful/informative/etc..

Force all visitors to the site to register? In order to post, you need to register...is that what you mean?

As far as a thread having overwhelming negative votes...a few of Bankerella's threads, for example, have had a net negative count, but they also have some of the highest level of Silver Bananas...so it's not as easy as setting a certain level to "lock" a thread. and would it be locked (ie, no more comments), unpublished, deleted, etc....?

how about if you don't like a user, you can block them and they won't show up in your feed for you or in the comments? Personally, I think that is a waste of web dev time since you can just ignore certain threads you don't want to read or from certain authors, but I can see if this is possible without too many hours (or if it would put an extra strain on the server when loading pages to see if the user that is loading the page doesnt want to see comments from a certain user....)

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Make the site less addictive.

SirTradesaLot

(Senior Neanderthal, 4,521

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 7:41pm

Make the site less addictive.

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That_Aston

(Gorilla, 574

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 7:42pm

WallStreetOasis.com:

That_Aston:

This is my contribution from the other thread:

My rationale for this is that those complaining would have some degree of power in regards to whether a post is useful/informative/etc..

Force all visitors to the site to register? In order to post, you need to register...is that what you mean?

Blocking would suffice for me. Also, a Hall of Fame forum section with content from years past could be helpful too.

Here to learn and hopefully pass on some knowledge as well. SB if I helped.

How about providing all users

prudentinvestor

(Orangutan, 317

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 7:45pm

How about providing all users with 5 (or w.e. amount) of free wso credits at the beginning of each month or quarter. It would allow more users to better rate useful content.

prudentinvestor: How about

WallStreetOasis.com

(Human, 12,074

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 7:52pm

prudentinvestor:

How about providing all users with 5 (or w.e. amount) of free wso credits at the beginning of each month or quarter. It would allow more users to better rate useful content.

We are rewarding WSO credits daily to users that give the most helpful responses and liquidity has increased a LOT. For every 100 banana points you will also now be getting 5 WSO Credits.

We need to make sure bananaflation doesn't get too out of control...

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SirTradesaLot: Make the site

WallStreetOasis.com

(Human, 12,074

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on 8/19/12 at 7:55pm

SirTradesaLot:

Make the site less addictive.

No. How can we make it more addictive? More discussions on personal investing? I think trading ideas for the personal investor would be interesting. I've been trading more recently and know I could use some more ideas...similar to Seeking Alpha, but because of our active userbase, I'm sure we could get even more comments on average than seeking alpha to bounce the idea back and forth.

I mean, if you look @ all of the Facebook discussions leading up to the IPO, almost every single member claimed it was way overvalued...I think we could get the Trading forum more active with investing threads like this...

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how about user ignore? that

WalMartShopper

(Senior Gorilla, 903

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 8:07pm

how about user ignore? that way just bc you don't like bankerella, all the other virgins can continue to drool over her.

That_Aston:

WallStreetOasis.com:

That_Aston:

This is my contribution from the other thread:

My rationale for this is that those complaining would have some degree of power in regards to whether a post is useful/informative/etc..

Force all visitors to the site to register? In order to post, you need to register...is that what you mean?

Blocking would suffice for me. Also, a Hall of Fame forum section with content from years past could be helpful too.

If the glove don't fit, you must acquit!

A list of the most active

Abdel

(Neanderthal, 2,064

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 8:30pm

A list of the most active groups.

Sometimes a group looks interesting, but there is no real activity in it.

wish there was an easy way to

Going Concern

(King Kong, 1,706

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 9:40pm

wish there was an easy way to be able to isolate the threads that were 1) in a certain time period (let's say last 2-3 days or something) AND 2) that had greater than X # of replies and sorted by # of replies...this way you can quickly hone in on threads that were popular and recent but didn't necessarily make the home page instead of trying to manually find them. i see that theres a page that shows the highest ranked discussions in the last week which i guess is somewhat similar to what i'm sayin, but i suspect a fair amount of useful (or at least entertaining) threads can slip thru the cracks, and would rather see something based on user popularity based on # of replies within the last few days

In headaches and in worry
Vaguely life leaks away
And Time will have his fancy
Tomorrow or today.

An insider info forum would

Guest1655

(Senior Gorilla, 880

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on 8/19/12 at 8:52pm

An insider info forum would be nice

The ability to delete your

The.RealDeal

(Orangutan, 272

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on 8/19/12 at 9:04pm

The ability to delete your post if you haven't been quoted yet.

" A recession is when other people lose their job, a depression is when you lose your job. "

I'm a college student and

Relentless101

(Baboon, 116

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 9:08pm

I'm a college student and visit WSO regularly. It can be an incredible tool and forum to learn from professionals, as well as others pursuing finance. However, there are certainly some people (often college and high school) that post and pm some unreal, mind blowing, dumb, oblivious shit. Posts about what jeans, shirts, socks, etc. do bankers wear are fucking painful. Not only are these the dumbest waste of internet space, but they have been answered millions of times before! If you aren't willing to at least do some research to answer you questions about what toothpaste bankers use, fuck you twice. If there were some way to stop these rediculous posts or at least penalize them, I think that would help. Repostings aren't the problem, or eventually there would be nothing to talk about. But jeans once, eh. Jeans twice, shame on you. Nevertheless, love the site and have sincerely learned a lot about banking.

1.) It's nice to know when

IlliniProgrammer

(Almost Human, 9,244

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on 8/19/12 at 9:11pm

Work hard, play hard.

Didn't read all, but I find

historiclegend

(Baboon, 111

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 9:13pm

IlliniProgrammer: Create a

happypantsmcgee

(Almost Human, 9,621

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on 8/19/12 at 9:13pm

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford

I think Patrick should adopt

Abdel

(Neanderthal, 2,064

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on 8/19/12 at 9:14pm

The.RealDeal: The ability to

huanleshalemei

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on 8/19/12 at 9:14pm

The Auto Show

IlliniProgrammer: Create a

Abdel

(Neanderthal, 2,064

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 9:14pm

huanleshalemei: I'd like to

Abdel

(Neanderthal, 2,064

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on 8/19/12 at 9:15pm

huanleshalemei: The.RealDea

The.RealDeal

(Orangutan, 272

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on 8/19/12 at 9:23pm

" A recession is when other people lose their job, a depression is when you lose your job. "

THIS!!! IlliniProgrammer: 1

WalMartShopper

(Senior Gorilla, 903

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 9:24pm

If the glove don't fit, you must acquit!

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bullbythehorns

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on 8/19/12 at 9:33pm

Here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, you are the sucker.

and I put an emphasis on VERY

bullbythehorns

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Points)

on 8/19/12 at 9:35pm

Here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, you are the sucker.

It's a great website. I

wannabeaballer

(Senior Orangutan, 455

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on 8/19/12 at 9:43pm

Gun Control Discussion

an official list of the

blastoise

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on 8/19/12 at 9:44pm

historiclegend: Didn't read

historiclegend

(Baboon, 111

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 9:51pm

Didn't read all, but I find

historiclegend

(Baboon, 111

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 9:52pm

I know a lot of people want

SirTradesaLot

(Senior Neanderthal, 4,521

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 9:56pm

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I love this website and think

kyleyboy

(Gorilla, 741

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 10:06pm

I help people with the tough situation of not knowing how to respond to emails.

This forum is about

MD finance

(Monkey, 49

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 10:07pm

IlliniProgrammer: 1.) It's

WallStreetOasis.com

(Human, 12,074

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on 8/19/12 at 10:12pm

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It's been mentioned above,

Soldier of Fortune

(Monkey, 62

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on 8/19/12 at 10:15pm

Going Concern: wish there was

WallStreetOasis.com

(Human, 12,074

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on 8/19/12 at 10:23pm

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Silver bananas as soldier of

kyleyboy

(Gorilla, 741

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 10:25pm

I help people with the tough situation of not knowing how to respond to emails.

WallStreetOasis.com: here are

Going Concern

(King Kong, 1,706

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 10:33pm

In headaches and in worry
Vaguely life leaks away
And Time will have his fancy
Tomorrow or today.

historiclegend: Didn't read

WallStreetOasis.com

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Points)

on 8/19/12 at 10:33pm

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To everyone complaining about

Nefarious-

(Neanderthal, 2,216

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 10:35pm

You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son.

Mods should get more liberal

happypantsmcgee

(Almost Human, 9,621

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 10:45pm

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford

kyleyboy: i feel like we

SirTradesaLot

(Senior Neanderthal, 4,521

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 10:49pm

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SirTradesaLot: kyleyboy: i

kyleyboy

(Gorilla, 741

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 10:54pm

I help people with the tough situation of not knowing how to respond to emails.

kyleyboy: SirTradesaLot:

SirTradesaLot

(Senior Neanderthal, 4,521

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 11:02pm

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How do i get to the chatroom?

peepstache

(Baboon, 137

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 11:05pm

rufiolove:

When evaluating whether or not to post something on WSO, I think to myself, "would an idiot post this" and if the answer is yes, I do not post that thing...

I think Patrick should give

junkbondswap

(King Kong, 1,724

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 11:09pm

peepstache: How do i get to

General Disarray

(Senior Gorilla, 792

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 11:09pm

I post here because I was

bearing

(Neanderthal, 2,082

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 11:11pm

In the Company Database you

RonaldReagan

(Monkey, 57

Points)

on 8/19/12 at 11:11pm

-RR

RonaldReagan: In the Company

WallStreetOasis.com

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on 8/19/12 at 11:13pm

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Our staff, contractors, Internet service providers and others involved in this site follow this policy or similarly strict policies regarding your Information.

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The Company is committed to fully disclosing our policies regarding the collection, use, maintenance, disclosure and security of personal information obtained from users of our site. The term "personal information" includes a name, address, email address, or any other information which could be used to contact you directly or to identify you personally.

Use and Disclosure Limitations

The Company only uses personal information about its Web site users for specific purposes. We do not share user information with third parties except when we have told users about the disclosures, when we have prior consent, or when required by law.

Use Policy: When the Company gathers personal information from users, we ask for permission first. We also disclose, at the time of collection, how the information will be used by us. Personal information is used for activities such as auto-completion of commonly-used forms and helping us contact you when you solicit information from us.

Disclosure Policy: We do not normally disclose personal information to anyone outside of the Company unless we have previously informed users about the disclosures. However, some data may be used from time to time by outside contractors, including auditors or consultants, to assist us in carrying out necessary financial or operational activities. These uses will be consistent with this privacy policy and all contractors using this potential personal information must agree to safeguard it, to use it only for the authorized purpose, and to return it or destroy it upon completion of the activity.

The Company might be required to disclose personal information in response to a valid legal process such as a subpoena, search warrant or court order.

Although unlikely, it is possible that we may have to make certain disclosures to ensure the security of our Web site, to protect its integrity, or to take precautions against potential liability. In any of these situations, we will take any reasonable steps to limit the scope of the data disclosed.

Web Logs: The Company maintains standard Web logs that record basic information about visitors to our Web site. These logs contain: * The Internet domain from which you came to our Web site. * Your IP address. An IP address is a series of numbers which uniquely identifies your connection to the Internet. Although it is possible in some instances, certain types of IP addresses may be used by interested persons to identify users but we do not attempt to identify users in this way. * The type of browser (e.g., Internet Explorer or Netscape) and operating system (e.g., Windows 98) you use. * The date and time you visited the site, and the pages you saw.

We use Web log information to design our Web site, identify popular features, and in similar ways. We do not try to identify individuals from Web logs or to link Web logs to other user information. However, if someone tries to damage our Web site or use it in an unauthorized or illegal way, we may share Web log information with law enforcement agencies. The Company may provide aggregate information such as the number of users who visit particular pages of the site, or the number of people who link to certain external sites from our site, to other parties.

Changes to Privacy Policy

The Company's features and services will change over time and our information-gathering practices and policies may also change.

While our philosophy of protecting user information from inappropriate uses and disclosures will not change, this policy will be updated occasionally to include any change that materially affects the collection, maintenance, use, or disclosure of personal information.

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