Dod101 wrote:Thanks IAAG. That is a very interesting development. We can see by the number of posts on the Conservative party leadership contest for instance that people seem far more interested in these extraneous matters than commenting on investment matters. I do not see that we have anything like reached the stage that any subject needs to be banned but I would like to see more discussion on investing I must say. That I suspect is a forlorn hope. My feelings and views have no changed since my opening post on this thread.
I believe this recurring topic to be based on false arguments.
The
Conservative Party Leadership Election thread is on the
Current Affairs & News board. i.e. It is about matters of current interest that are in the public eye. Of course there is a lot of "interest" on this and therefore posts on the subject. What would anyone expect?
As to "investment matters", what is there new to say? The Hi Yield crowd are doubtless still debating that to death, but not everyone is a Hi Yield investor. If any of the complaining investors here have anything interesting to post on the subject, why aren't they posting it rather than complaining on here?
It is very simple: TLF currently has boards on Investment Matters & Other Subjects. It is entirely up to the people who run the site to decide if all non-financial boards, or a subset of them, are closed.
I would though predict that if TLF changes to a purely financial site it will be very much reduced in activity - which might suit some people - and likely it wouldn't be around for that much longer.
WRT the USA Fool site, while unaware of the detailed reasons for TMF's decision one can easily imagine it being related to the ongoing Culture Wars in the US. Perhaps we can avoid that here in the UK, or at least on TLF?
On that matter I would like to air my own beef! The manner in which
some posters will crash
any discussion, whatever its nature, with their own political and ideological baggage. Now, if that could be avoided on TLF, that would certainly be an improvement. IMO