MDW1954 wrote:... The board serves an important purpose in being a place that company-specific news can be posted, without clogging-up boards such as HYP-P. Without having talked to any other mods about this, I think that I am fairly safe in saying that we would all rather see non-essential posts directed towards Company News than, say, HYP-P or HYS-S.
If people choose to follow-up a news item with comments like "it's my biggest holding and I'm going to buy more", or whatever, then so be it.
I think such posts should be at HYP-P, where often they are, or elsewhere as appropriate, when no more than that is written with no explanation as to the whys & wherefores, when some permitted news items are also posted wherever it may be. I could write "it's one of my larger holdings & I'm going to buy more" some 50% of the time a news item is referenced but what would that achieve & in what way does it help anyone?
Not having a pop at HYP-P, which I also enjoy, but if anyone wants to read individual topics at Company Share news, to see what I mean, they'll get my drift. Sometimes it seems replies to news there are merely an opportunity to post, with a total disregard for the content of the news itself (not having a go at Dod here who, far more often than not, writes pertinent stuff & nor do I wish to name some of the main protagonists).
They clutter up that board, which helps it to lose its primary purpose.
Without having talked to any other mods about this, I think that I am fairly safe in saying that we would all rather see non-essential posts directed towards Company News than, say, HYP-P or HYS-S....
Noted.
It might be interesting if you gather their views, in the private Mod Room if needs be.
It might also be interesting if you gather the views of those who read Company Share news (LSE Main Market), which you may well be doing via this topic.
I am aware of the Guidance there which includes "Subsequent discussions can take place wherever board-specific guidelines permit, including on this board." but would far prefer it if that were beefed up to suggest such discussion should bear the particular news item in mind.
The non-essential posts, as you describe them & I'm not one to disagree, clutter up the board. Whereas, if they were on other boards, most of those die a death after a while. Whereas the Company Share news (LSE Main Market) topics are company specific & they effectively get in the way for ever & a day (& yes, I for one do look back as well as forwards, that's one of the ways of learning from one's mistakes).
Which is where we came in with Dod's OP!