Am I the only one that has noticed this? the amount of 'WHICH UNDERGRAD' vs 'WHICH B SCHOOL' type questions and other stuff have exponentially multiplied lately.. is that just a matter of people getting acceptances here and there and a natural cycle? WHERE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE WITH JOBS GONE
Trending Content - Off Topic Forum
Career Resources
Don't forget the trolls too, seem to be a lot more unfunny, unoriginal trolls posting all over the place too.
I have a fucking heinous hangover
I know what your saying, but damn I wish I knew about this site pre-college. Life would be considerably different
I totally agree. It seems to me that the quality of the site has gone vastly downhill over the last several months with the influx of high school students and the increased amount of trolling (possibly related?). Either way, if you guys want me, drop me a PM, I'm not on nearly as much any more as a result.
Yeah, I've noticed a decline in aggregate post quality as well... haven't been on as much due to that and a variety of other factors (namely work load)...
Ditto. I used to be on a lot when I was appling to B-school, went to B-school a couple years, worked for a year, came back to check the site out, and HOLY SHIT WTF HAPPENED TO WSO was the first thing that came across my mind. I'll be around here and there but jeez this place needs to be scrubbed.
Yeah it's terrible, half of their dorky jokes I don't even know the reference. The pokemon avatars, threads about video games and other all around childish behavior. Most threads about legit finance topics get very few posts. I think these "kids" have driven away most of the professionals that actually provide the real insight so now we're left with this dreck in the forums.
they should make it like that you have to verify email through a @JPM.com, @GS.com, (all banks/boutiques/HF) or maybe even .EDU before being able to join. Obviously without disclosing where each person works.
They could also make it so you need an @____.edu address before being able to post.
Also, they could perhaps create a new private forum for those with work emails that have been verified?
EDIT: NOT 5 MINUTES HAS EVEN PASSED! JESUS CHRIST >.>
I was thinking the same thing, I think its generally cuz recruiting season is over, but these U JELLY and pokemon jokes are just not funny at all.
I can see the same thing happening that happened with TSR's IB forum, it used to be a good mix of HS/Uni First years looking to learn and third year experienced students who knew what they were talking about. But the influx of people who are just idiots has driven all the experienced posters away and now its just a noob fest.
I think it's just a pre-summer lull... wait till july/august when all the RECRUITING HELP PLZ posts come back
completely agree, the immaturity and namecalling needs to stop
These fixes can be automated and should solve the majority of problems:
Set it so that only users with 100 or more bananas / only certified users can post a topic. This would weed most of the trolls out, or at least them from starting stupid "Hi, I'm twelve years old and want to go IBD" posts.
Post a list at the right where users can add someone as a troll and then other users can vote. Votes will count as monkey poo. After a suspected troll gets 50 votes from different users, their account is automatically deleted. 200 banana points are required to vote. Every day that a troll doesn't get a vote, they get one poo removed. If they don't troll for one month, they get taken off the list....but keep whatever remaining poo they accumulated.
LET'S PUT THOSE BANANAS TO WORK
.
This would not work because what about the new guys who are not trolls and have not racked up 100 points yet? Also, I get shit thrown at all the time because people disagree with things I said. If I was doing something like "YEA IM AT A MEGAFUND U JELLY" I understand but it's just not feasible to go by Banana points.
This could work.
Wow the forum topics are so bad right now it's scary
Yep and only 4 legit comments on a relevant topic...see homepage.
Reiciendis culpa ipsa dolorum ratione et autem occaecati. Cupiditate quia est earum.
Consequatur vel praesentium ad. Expedita sunt et doloribus eaque architecto libero. Voluptas ea dolor rerum voluptatem suscipit debitis. Minus rerum et repellendus ex placeat amet dignissimos.
Adipisci itaque illum necessitatibus. Nam natus odio totam. At molestiae quod et perspiciatis officiis voluptatem quaerat. Sunt incidunt adipisci eius et ut porro.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...
Ut debitis dolor sed totam. Ratione similique et rerum repellendus dolor sint illum a. Nihil molestiae praesentium earum totam. Quia magnam consequatur pariatur ut. In tenetur iure et impedit modi aperiam corporis exercitationem. Voluptate nihil eos et earum mollitia ut ea. Temporibus aut sit maiores repudiandae saepe nulla aut est.
Alias quo eos dolor qui. Autem eum et ullam debitis libero asperiores perferendis dolorum. Eum ullam deleniti fugit voluptates animi excepturi tempore. Quod ducimus vero vel reprehenderit. Minima recusandae dolor quam eaque ab pariatur illum voluptas. Aut rerum ea expedita eaque vero rerum nam.
Magni molestias aut consequatur et officia repellendus cupiditate. Quia reiciendis perferendis atque eius. Vero est asperiores ut dolor et. Maxime nobis velit quis ipsum ut minima facere.