Posts on multiple boards or, which board to post on
Posted: December 3rd, 2023, 11:02 am
Reading Dod's post this morning has prompted me to raise the above question, re the proliferation of topics about the same investment trust or company posted on separate threads and boards, and indeed where to post investment discussions. Currently, it doesn't help that posts are often spread across multiple boards.
I find it quite frustrating that if I want to post something about a particular Investment Trust, I do a search and all too often find that there are multiple piecemeal threads in existence spread across multiple different boards. For example, often there will be a thread or threads (note more than one) on the "Company Share news (LSE Main Market)" board, as well as on the "Investment Trust and Unit Trust" board, and sometimes even on the High Yield Shares and Strategies General board.
And in some instances there will also/additionally be topics on the Green Energy board, as well as on the Investment Trust and Unit Trust board, and on the Company Share news (LSE Main Market) board, all about the same investment Trust/Energy Company.
And in the case of REIT's/Property Coys, I often find topics on the Investment Trust (and UT) board, and on the REIT's and Property Companies board, and also on the Company Share News board.
GRID (Gresham House Energy Storage Fund) is a recent example. There was already an existing thread on the Green Energy board, then a new post was made on the Company Share News board, which I believe a moderator moved to the Green Energy board as a new topic. I then reported that there were two (in fact adjoining) threads on the Green Energy board, so the new thread was moved back to the Company News board and a cross post created linking the two, (instead of IMV the new post being merged into the existing thread).
It just seems common sense to me, to post about an Investment Trust on the Investment Trust (and UT) board and then for any subsequent posts to be added to the same existing thread. Thus we have a sequential stream of information and discussions, which can be easily and readily located on that one thread. The same with any other individual share, or with a particular theme, ...being posted on an appropriate, wherever possible, single topic/thread.
I often want to research or re-visit a dialogue which I recollect having taken place in the recent past, so I search for the thread, only to find multiple threads spread across multiple boards, often most of them are short news related threads, rather then the meaty discussion I am looking for. It is let's say, quite frustrating.
I recently exchanged some PM's with moderators regarding one such incident, but seemingly to no avail.
The above said, my purpose wasn't/isn't to blame anyone for anything, but simply to highlight the vagaries and inconsistencies of a system which currently seems to result in new topics being posted across a range of different boards, and often duplicated, rather than, where appropriate, being posted on an existing thread, on one appropriate board.
So in the light of the above and how things stand currently, and against the background of the continually reducing number of investment discussions taking place (and the increasing number of non-financial, political, current affairs discussions), (which have been raised before), I have pretty much thrown in the towel now, and am directing my energies in other directions.
I find it quite frustrating that if I want to post something about a particular Investment Trust, I do a search and all too often find that there are multiple piecemeal threads in existence spread across multiple different boards. For example, often there will be a thread or threads (note more than one) on the "Company Share news (LSE Main Market)" board, as well as on the "Investment Trust and Unit Trust" board, and sometimes even on the High Yield Shares and Strategies General board.
And in some instances there will also/additionally be topics on the Green Energy board, as well as on the Investment Trust and Unit Trust board, and on the Company Share news (LSE Main Market) board, all about the same investment Trust/Energy Company.
And in the case of REIT's/Property Coys, I often find topics on the Investment Trust (and UT) board, and on the REIT's and Property Companies board, and also on the Company Share News board.
GRID (Gresham House Energy Storage Fund) is a recent example. There was already an existing thread on the Green Energy board, then a new post was made on the Company Share News board, which I believe a moderator moved to the Green Energy board as a new topic. I then reported that there were two (in fact adjoining) threads on the Green Energy board, so the new thread was moved back to the Company News board and a cross post created linking the two, (instead of IMV the new post being merged into the existing thread).
It just seems common sense to me, to post about an Investment Trust on the Investment Trust (and UT) board and then for any subsequent posts to be added to the same existing thread. Thus we have a sequential stream of information and discussions, which can be easily and readily located on that one thread. The same with any other individual share, or with a particular theme, ...being posted on an appropriate, wherever possible, single topic/thread.
I often want to research or re-visit a dialogue which I recollect having taken place in the recent past, so I search for the thread, only to find multiple threads spread across multiple boards, often most of them are short news related threads, rather then the meaty discussion I am looking for. It is let's say, quite frustrating.
I recently exchanged some PM's with moderators regarding one such incident, but seemingly to no avail.
The above said, my purpose wasn't/isn't to blame anyone for anything, but simply to highlight the vagaries and inconsistencies of a system which currently seems to result in new topics being posted across a range of different boards, and often duplicated, rather than, where appropriate, being posted on an existing thread, on one appropriate board.
So in the light of the above and how things stand currently, and against the background of the continually reducing number of investment discussions taking place (and the increasing number of non-financial, political, current affairs discussions), (which have been raised before), I have pretty much thrown in the towel now, and am directing my energies in other directions.