WSO Updates and Suggestion Time
Fellow Primates,
As you know or have likely seen, we've made some big changes recently and we're really excited about the growth of the community and where we're headed. I'd like you all to use this thread to share three things to help us keep improving and pushing forward:
1. What annoys you the most about WSO?
2. What do you like the best about WSO?
3. What improvements / suggestions would you make to help us get better? Improve content, expand reach, land more sponsorships, improve layout, features/function? etc.
Here are the latest changes/updates in case you missed them.
New WSO Header
As you can see, we have finally removed the 728x90 big banner header across the top of the site. While we will lose significant ad revenue from this move, we think in the long term it is better for the business (and looks much cleaner) to promote the WSO products and services (and our affiliates). We hope you like it and you'll support WSO by helping us spread the word about our services.
We are extremely excited about our Company Database. Not only have we passed over 2,100+ companies added, but we have also already collected over 1,000+ reviews and compensation data points. This is incredible growth for only a few months so I'd like to thank you all that have contributed and continue to spread the word. I'm very confident that in a few years this will be an incredibly robust research tool. We need to improve the user interface (and will do that soon), but we're off and running thanks to a tremendous response from all of you.
WSO Conference
We are almost out of earlybird tickets which is a GREAT sign still 4 months away from the conference date. Venue announcement should be coming hopefully this upcoming week...we're trying to find the best space possible that can scale if we get hoards of monkeys buying tickets last minute.
Save $ and buy your tix here before earlybirds sell out: http://wsoconference.eventbrite.com/
Comments
I know some of you were annoyed when we took away the comment titles in the forums BC it removed the "new" for comments you hadn't read. On monday we will be pushing thru a new system so that the comments you haven't read will appear slightly lighter grey (the ones you have read will be slightly darker grey). I also realize the the links to jump to the "new" comments is not working properly - we are working to fix that by end of day Monday as well.
Those are the main updates for now. I hope that none of you hold back and help us improve.
Thanks for all your suggestions so far....you all are the reason we've been able to improve over the years.
Stay Strong,
Patrick







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1. The most annoying part
1. The most annoying part about WSO is the trolls. Please hire some moderators. Posters who do nothing but give snide answers should not be allowed to post. A lot of times there are threads posing legitimate question, yet the only people answering are trolls.
2. I like the certified user. It allows you to see whose advice you should listen to and whose is best ignored.
3. You need either mobile website or an app.
We have mods but you can't
We have mods but you can't ban people because you don't find them funny/helpful/whatever
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
What good does a person serve
What good does a person serve if 90% of their posts are snarky comments? If you let those people hang around, you are just damaging the image of WSO.
Mobile version and preview
Mobile version and preview function for comments.
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^second this and someone's troll is indeed another person's amusement
^ As one of WSO's biggest
^ As one of WSO's biggest trolls, I do not find it surprising that you would say that.
KKS wrote: What good does a
What good does a person serve if 90% of their posts are snarky comments? If you let those people hang around, you are just damaging the image of WSO.
KKS, agree that out of hand trolling could damage WSO long-term, but sarcastic comments and humorous responses are very much in-line with the goals of the site. Recall that Patrick's goal is to create " the largest and most entertaining finance community online" - so to have a dry, serious forum is not what he's looking for.
As you're still fairly new I'll give you the benefit of probably not having experienced the full turnover yet, but once you've been here for a while, you'll realize that a lot of the advice sought on the site is really just the same 20 or so questions asked over-and-over again, so the humor and inter-user conversation becomes vital to retain the existing members.
If we juxtapose M&I as a comp here, where the content and interaction is much more purely informative, you'll realize that M&I builds its own irrelevance for each individual reader, as there's no need to really come back once you've read-up on the career you're pursuing. It's better that WSO is a mix of both because there's the incentive not only to attract the initial user, but also retain them with the opportunity for entertainment and relevant discussion.
Side note, the idea that CaliforniaAnalyst is "one of WSO's biggest trolls" suggests that you don't follow the site to the extent that the implied magnitude of your opinion would demand.
The list of users under top
The list of users under top monkeys and top silver bananas are no longer clickable to access their profile.
You need an app. Seriously, stop beating around the bush with this and get an app. Raise the money for the programmer, put out an internship notice for a programmer to program an app for Android/iOS, whatever you need to get it done. Don't waste time on a mobile site, just commit to an app.
I said it before and I will say it again. A CorpFin/CorpStrat/CorpDev (all in one) forum would be beneficial and most likely see more traffic than something like Asset Management and Venture Capital. There are more users interested in those career paths than the majority of other career paths discussed on this site.
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STOCK PITCH FORUM,
STOCK PITCH FORUM, INVESTMENT DISCUSSIONS.
I think the FAQ section, more
I think the FAQ section, more specifically, the Intro to WSO/WSO101/Acronym section should be highlighted/stand out more. This is definitely important for new users - they can quickly find out what WSO is about, learn the acronyms, and I would assume that it would be easier for them to participate in the forums.
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the spam threads that clog up
the spam threads that clog up the new forum topics on the side. captcha for posting plx?
Nefarious- wrote: The list of
The list of users under top monkeys and top silver bananas are no longer clickable to access their profile.
You need an app. Seriously, stop beating around the bush with this and get an app. Raise the money for the programmer, put out an internship notice for a programmer to program an app for Android/iOS, whatever you need to get it done. Don't waste time on a mobile site, just commit to an app.
I said it before and I will say it again. A CorpFin/CorpStrat/CorpDev (all in one) forum would be beneficial and most likely see more traffic than something like Asset Management and Venture Capital. There are more users interested in those career paths than the majority of other career paths discussed on this site.
Nefarious, thanks for the comments:
1. List of users is no longer clickable because having 700 links on each page was really hurting our SEO. You can still easily jump to tohose user profile pages by clicking any user in the forums or see the full list of top users in any category by clicking "more". I did see that the tab links arent working though so we'll get that fixed asap.
2. Why are you so insistent on an app if a mobile version of the site does everything that an app would? We are already in the process of developing a mobile site and we're confident it will completely change the user experience across all platforms. We hope to launch this within the next month. No beating around the bush, just was trying to find a way to get it done well across ALL platforms (not just android) without bankrupting WSO. I think we're very close, so thanks for your patience on this....
3. Ok, let's give it a shot. I will try to get this added asap and give it 3-4 months to see if it gets any meaningful traffic.
Thanks,
Patrick
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The list of users under top monkeys and top silver bananas are no longer clickable to access their profile.
You need an app. Seriously, stop beating around the bush with this and get an app. Raise the money for the programmer, put out an internship notice for a programmer to program an app for Android/iOS, whatever you need to get it done. Don't waste time on a mobile site, just commit to an app.
I said it before and I will say it again. A CorpFin/CorpStrat/CorpDev (all in one) forum would be beneficial and most likely see more traffic than something like Asset Management and Venture Capital. There are more users interested in those career paths than the majority of other career paths discussed on this site.
Nefarious, thanks for the comments:
1. List of users is no longer clickable because having 700 links on each page was really hurting our SEO. You can still easily jump to tohose user profile pages by clicking any user in the forums or see the full list of top users in any category by clicking "more". I did see that the tab links arent working though so we'll get that fixed asap.
2. Why are you so insistent on an app if a mobile version of the site does everything that an app would. We are already in the process of developing a mobile site and we're confident it will completely change the user experience across all platforms. We hope to launch this within the next month. No beating around the bush, just was trying to find a way to get it done well across ALL platforms (not just android) without bankrupting WSO. I think we're very close, so thanks for your patience on this....
3. Ok, let's give it a shot. I will try to get this added asap and give it 3-4 months to see if it gets any meaningful traffic.
Thanks,
Patrick
If the mobile version of a site is done correctly then it can most likely take the place of an app. Sometimes sites will launch a mobile version and it is absolute shit. There is typically less room for error with an app. Glad to hear you are working on this to give users the ability to use this site on the go.
Happy to see you have come around on the CF forum. If you need help with it in any way let me know.
Thanks for the reply. I think I speak for everyone when I say this a great community for driven individuals and we appreciate your hard work and "open door policy."
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.
Not a suggestion but I really
Not a suggestion but I really like the fact that there's an open and ongoing discourse about ways to improve the site. That will really give it long term viability in my mind
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