The Moderators Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Following a suggestion from a poster and after discussion with the mods and admin we have decided the time is right to remove the required questions on Bull/Bear/Neither status and gender. From now on you can edit your profile settings and in the "About me" field you can put your bear / bull status or not - its up to the individual. You can put your gender in there too if you want. Or you can keep your opinions private. It's up to you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reck B Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Following a suggestion from a poster and after discussion with the mods and admin we have decided the time is right to remove the required questions on Bull/Bear/Neither status and gender. From now on you can edit your profile settings and in the "About me" field you can put your bear / bull status or not - its up to the individual. You can put your gender in there too if you want. Or you can keep your opinions private. It's up to you. Effectively you can keep both your opinions and your privates private. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rantnrave Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Effectively you can keep both your opinions and your privates private. As a general rule, I try to keep my privates private. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toto deVeer Report post Posted December 14, 2010 As a general rule, I try to keep my privates private. I suggest you avoid travelling by air in the US then... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
@contradevian Report post Posted December 14, 2010 This is to save RB from further embarrassment or acting as a contrary indicator? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bloo Loo Report post Posted December 14, 2010 This is to save RB from further embarrassment or acting as a contrary indicator? its just the Bear Neccessities of strife...yeah man. Its a jungle book on here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DungBeetle Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Damn, I was waiting for RealistBear to go to Bull (my sell signal). Was also looking forward to modifying his name accordingly. RealistBull seems right on so many levels Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
porca misèria Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Following a suggestion from a poster and after discussion with the mods and admin we have decided the time is right to remove the required questions on Bull/Bear/Neither status and gender. From now on you can edit your profile settings and in the "About me" field you can put your bear / bull status or not - its up to the individual. You can put your gender in there too if you want. Or you can keep your opinions private. It's up to you. Erm, I don't see how to put in any status at all now You know my species is neither bull nor bear. I was looking to be able to enter it for the first time! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Loblaw Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Daft decision to remove it. Always good to know at a glance where a posters vested interest lies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rozza Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Daft decision to remove it. Always good to know at a glance where a posters vested interest lies. +1 to me it was one of the fundamental indicators on this site, when the bulls popped up things usually got interesting Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timm Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Daft decision to remove it. Always good to know at a glance where a posters vested interest lies. Well, I'm delighted. The definitions were so narrow as to be close to meaningless. I would rather the status still showed next to each post though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Loblaw Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Well, I'm delighted. The definitions were so narrow as to be close to meaningless. I would rather the status still showed next to each post though. Bear, Bull, Neither are meaningless? Pretty clear to most people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lone_Twin Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Bear, Bull, Neither are meaningless? Pretty clear to most people. I would have prefered it kept. I would have added: Inflation / Deflation / Stagflation Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harry Monk Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Go to "My settings" Click on "profile" go to "About me" type in whatever you want Tried that and clicked "update status" but it isn't showing (on my pc anyway). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timm Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Bear, Bull, Neither are meaningless? Pretty clear to most people. It forced people into taking a position on nominal prices. For most people, real prices (and actual cost) are more important. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timm Report post Posted December 14, 2010 "About me" does show next to each post. Hmm. I can't see it. Maybe I'm going blind... Unless it's a Mod thing? Profiles.doc Profiles.doc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Traktion Report post Posted December 14, 2010 It forced people into taking a position on nominal prices. For most people, real prices (and actual cost) are more important. Agreed - I'm very bearish on real prices, but less so on nominal prices (although here in NI, they're still cratering). I think both will fall, but the former will be the bearfest, IMO. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harry Monk Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Under your avatar I can see your membership group , date of joining, number of posts, location and About me. Are you on classic blue? I can't, I see this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timm Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Under your avatar I can see your membership group , date of joining, number of posts, location and About me. Are you on classic blue? I am now, and now I can see it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timm Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Agreed - I'm very bearish on real prices, but less so on nominal prices (although here in NI, they're still cratering). I think both will fall, but the former will be the bearfest, IMO. It already is. Over the last 3 years: Cost of living up, wages up, opportunity cost down, mortgage rates way way down, huge sterling devaluation, fiat collapsed against PMs, stamp duty for most FTBs utterly gone, nominal house prices down in almost all areas... We've had a massive crash, and people don't seem to have noticed! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rantnrave Report post Posted December 14, 2010 We've had a massive crash, and people don't seem to have noticed! That's because we were starting from an even more massive bubble. It was so ridiculous that when prices finally started coming down in 2008, even homeowners thought that was a good thing because they had continuously been going up so much. Those days didn't last long... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Democorruptcy Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Following a suggestion from a poster and after discussion with the mods and admin we have decided the time is right to remove the required questions on Bull/Bear/Neither status and gender. From now on you can edit your profile settings and in the "About me" field you can put your bear / bull status or not - its up to the individual. You can put your gender in there too if you want. Or you can keep your opinions private. It's up to you. Do you mean nothing will ever show near their forum name when they post? If so, that is a dreadful move and the poster who suggested it should be given a good birching. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pl1 Report post Posted December 14, 2010 (edited) It didn't mean that much anyway - how many false bears have you known over the years.? You can put a bit in "About me" if you want others to know your opinion. I guess this is the reason for the change? I always scanned it though as you got a litmus test of someones VI. Do you think we should have something to replace it, someone suggested inflation, deflation? Anybody else have a suggestion? edit: I might be being really cynical, but it's not because "loads" of people have suddenly started turning bull or neither lately has it, or is this just coincidence? Edited December 14, 2010 by pl1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goat Report post Posted December 14, 2010 From now on you can edit your profile settings and in the "About me" field you can put your bear / bull status or not - its up to the individual. You can put your gender in there too if you want. Or you can keep your opinions private. It's up to you. It would be nice to have more options or the ability to set it to whatever you like - e.g. mentalist uber bear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milton Report post Posted December 14, 2010 Personally I could not give a monkeys. As Far as I am concerned, generally speaking, it is the contributors or forum members who make the place what it is. HPC is obviously going to attract rebellious natured people. The less I know that Mods exist on a forum, the better the forum. HPC has ticked all the boxes so far. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
