Time to Ban Red Stripe

[aiki14]

He's a proven liar, and is essentially a troll looking for attention. He adds nothing of value and in fact detracts from the forum. I have had arguments here that degenerated into pretty hateful stuff and never requested anyone be banned, but this guy is Prodigy and BooYahoo revisited and should go the same way they did.
Just my opinion.

[useless]

I have a hunch you are not alone in that opinion.

:dito:

[Jelly]

He's a proven liar, and is essentially a troll looking for attention. He adds nothing of value and in fact detracts from the forum. I have had arguments here that degenerated into pretty hateful stuff and never requested anyone be banned, but this guy is Prodigy and BooYahoo revisited and should go the same way they did.
Just my opinion.

Oh SH*T! For a second I thought you were talking about my Jamaican Beer. +1 on beer, -1 on azzhole.

[Albert0373]

I've already contacted Thierry but no response, so I'm assuming he's turning a blind eye.

[RedStripe]

I've already contacted Thierry but no response, so I'm assuming he's turning a blind eye.


maybe because i don't ruin threads by posting useless and unrelated information, there are no grounds to ban me. I've been productive in forum and right more often then not about my picks. It doesn't matter if I was Brandon, Ted, Mike, or Don Qiote De La Mancha, its all unrelated to this forum. :) Happy trading.

[Thierry Martin]

I've already contacted Thierry but no response, so I'm assuming he's turning a blind eye.

My custody trial is next week and I haven't had time to look into this. Looks very familiar though - the market has a couple of bad days during an uptrend and there is a "Lord of the Flies" style purging. I will try to moderate this as best as I can, but I wish the conversations were less disrespectful. I don't want scam artists on the forum either, but the nature of an open discussion makes it hard to control the honesty of all participants. Maybe we could do background checks on everyone!

Personally I don't think any kind of company or firm should be participating in the discussions - we have a "contributing websites" section for that. So I was already apprehensive about approving an account with "Inc" in the title. I want to see a diversity of opinions, but perhaps I am not in the majority on this. Once again, as in the past, I see a lot of negative posts about a poster on the forum, but I receive "how can you let these posters trash this guy like this" private messages. So here I am, trying to retain full sole custody of my children, and the forum is turning into a zoo unless I stomp around like an angry gorilla squashing the vermin that is causing unspeakable pain to the regular posters!

I welcome any constructive suggestions on what to do.

I hate banning users, and in the past we have only done this when there were violations of our TOS or the law. If we start banning users because they are annoying some other users, pretty soon there won't be any users left. And everyone has the power to ban any user on an individual basis, by adding them to their own banned list.

On the other hand, if we have somebody stinking up the place, our valuable and essential regulars will jump ship, and we will be up shit creek. A poll adds to the circus atmosphere.

Perhaps it is time to set up a senior council of our most loyal contributors, and allow them to make this kind of decision. Perhaps twelve of you guys! I could appoint five or six, and the they could decide on the others. Sort of an OnlineTradersForum Supreme Court.

Boy, do I need to have some more wine.

[Albert0373]

As this idea have been brought up again, maybe you could assign moderators.

As you can see, time is not something you have much of and by not overseeing posts and posters, the boards will slowly deteriorate. Members will stay and contribute if great ideas and discussions are being made, but pumpers/scammers/promoters will discourage continuing discussion, as well as lose possible new members.

Glancing over the posts, there's already more than 10 members who would love to see this Red Stripe poser gone.

[useless]

Couple sides to the coin...I see Thierry's point. And dilemma.

Think he does a great job moderating, and the Sabbag character at least makes posts sort of relevant ( however false and moronic they are ) ; not the worst offender I have ever seen , not as bad as a bot spamming Viagra or something.

I am going to try the "Ignore" feature and see how it goes.

Bans arent really permanent unless the person is a complete retard, with respect to the net.

[Jelly]

As a veteran of the worst of the worst bashing (f*ck you in the mouf, assh*le) forums ever made, I can tell you, deleting anyone is NOT the way to go. Piling on is also very childish. As an exercise, I usually back up the retard, for the sport of it. And let me tell you, this is simply sport. Similar to gosip, but at a higher level.

Having moderators is like making Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies a real life event. It's like granting GovSucks another license to steel (heh, got off on a tangent der). U all know, f*cking with aiki is a death sentence. Without the pleasure of the "kill", who the f*ck would know the difference. Let the posts fly.

We should embrace conflict. We should entrain the violence into the convo. Why should a mutherfucker just plain dissappear? I want to see the blood. Estimate the trauma team's excitement.

Assh*les who pretend to be good in a rising market su*k. That includes 99% of anyone who would spend YOUR money. None of you would be here if you didn't distrust brokers and fiduciaries. But still you have sheeplike tendencies, so let's play snotball buggerball and leave as much of your money in someone else's hands as possible. After, of course, pretending to be all "holy" about semantics.

[aiki14]

I am gonna reiterate my ban position.
However it's not my house, so I can't enforce it. What I can do is not answer him or engage him in any way. I won't post or answer in any thread he starts or comments in.

If you're a newbie, I would advise you to read every one of his posts, and think about them. Anybody with a modicum of real time experience can see he is a fraud and a nut case, if you can't see that, continue educating yourself until it becomes obvious. If you aren't sure about him, don't waste your time putting real money in the market, you're not ready. Guy's like this are around these forums and chatrooms, some are trying to scam you, others to move the market on their penny stocks, others just crying out for attention. They tarnish the reputation of every real trader which is why you see the old timers slap them down. You may think he's a harmless jerk off and we're piling on, but you'll find the level of real actionable information from the real traders will drop as we become less interested in participating in the dialogue. I have no desire to be lumped into any category that includes a guy like this, so I withdraw until he is given the bums rush he deserves.
Because I have respect for Thierry and the real folks who post here I am always available by private message, and will continue to post where I see fit, but I will not engage this individual and I would urge anyone who really wants the dialogue here to remain at a high level to follow suit.

[yoyomama]

I am gonna reiterate my ban position.
However it's not my house, so I can't enforce it. What I can do is not answer him or engage him in any way. I won't post or answer in any thread he starts or comments in.

If you're a newbie, I would advise you to read every one of his posts, and think about them. Anybody with a modicum of real time experience can see he is a fraud and a nut case, if you can't see that, continue educating yourself until it becomes obvious. If you aren't sure about him, don't waste your time putting real money in the market, you're not ready. Guy's like this are around these forums and chatrooms, some are trying to scam you, others to move the market on their penny stocks, others just crying out for attention. They tarnish the reputation of every real trader which is why you see the old timers slap them down. You may think he's a harmless jerk off and we're piling on, but you'll find the level of real actionable information from the real traders will drop as we become less interested in participating in the dialogue. I have no desire to be lumped into any category that includes a guy like this, so I withdraw until he is given the bums rush he deserves.
Because I have respect for Thierry and the real folks who post here I am always available by private message, and will continue to post where I see fit, but I will not engage this individual and I would urge anyone who really wants the dialogue here to remain at a high level to follow suit.

Well that's a drag because I just take him to be one of the many who pretend to be something they're not on the internet but I don't want to be chased out of a thread because he happens to post in it. I think he's TOTALLY FOS. TOTALLY, but if he's in a thread that I'm interested in I'm not going to let him ruin it for me.

Anyway the main drag part is that you won't participate in a thread because he's in it!

[Thierry Martin]

I don't think it is appropriate for contributors to advertise or promote professional services on the forum. I don't want readers to believe that anybody's advice here should be given more weight because of their status as a "professional" - whether that status is real or not, which is a difficult thing to determine, given the nature of forums and the internet.

I thing a user's track record speaks for itself and that everyone should be skeptical about following the advice of any one person without using other sources of information also. This forum is about sharing trading ideas, and making your ideas available for others makes it hard to get away with crackpot advice.

I have changed "RedStripe Investments Inc" screen name to "RedStripe" and I hope that we can all concentrate on sharing ideas about the market - RedStripe posts should be about his own stock picks and ideas, not his firm's, and everyone is free to add him to their ignore list if they find his contributions nonsensical.

[Thierry Martin]

IMPORTANT - How to add someone to your ignore list

(You need to be logged in.)

Click on the user's name
Click on "View Public Profile"
Click on "User Lists"
Click on "Add to Ignore List"

You will never see another post for that user again, unless you remove them from your ignore list.

You can also go to your control panel - the left-most option in the navigation bar. Choose Settings & Options and then "Edit Ignore List."

This would solve a lot of problems.

[aiki14]

Ok, I am doing the ignore thing, so if I post in a thread where brown stripe has posted, please don't call me a hypocrite since I won't see the posts and will only be a hypocrite by proxy.

[Albert0373]

Oh, you'll still see them in a way, even his threads.

It'll just display "You have chosen to ignore this user...blah blah"

[yoyomama]

Oh, you'll still see them in a way, even his threads.

It'll just display "You have chosen to ignore this user...blah blah"

Nah, it'll just look like this...only with a different name.:beerglass:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d38/mostlyslim/ignore-1.jpg

[madcowdisease]

I visited FINRA Broker Check and this guy and his firm do not come up as being registered. You can add this to the list of lies that have been proven about this fraud.

[Sock]

So why is brownstripe still here?

[Ragewizard]

All you guys are a little rough on the Redstripe don'tcha think. Even if all he does are things that piss you off, all you have to do is not read the post or even put him on the ignore list. It isn't difficult. I'm not saying that I'm his best friend or worst enemy, but if I don't trust a poster, (and believe me this is business here, so I don't trust anyone's oppinion) then I just won't read the post or maybe I won't pursue it further if the subject matter isn't of interest to me. An outright ban on someone doesn't seem to be very productive and only serves to truncate different views on stocks. Personally, I like to have access to all views whether or not I agree with them, but I do retain the right to give those ideas the finger if I want.

[Florida]

Stripe has calmed down a little bit lately, and perhaps banning him is not prudent, but if he starts off with his BUY, BUY, BUY crap and bragging of his unsubstantiated gains again, I may have to re-think my position, (not that my position means anything).

[av_racer]

He's in the penny's I guess doing the same thing....