"Looking back on the post history of this board, most posters that give facts or news recieve less votes and recommendations then those giving personal opions and criticiums."
And I would add: ...and when facts or news are given, this poster is often called a basher, either soft, medium or hard!!! (Your informative post may also be flagged at times by a so-called president who pretends that the Board belongs to him or to his gang, and dislikes the objective -but perhaps negative- information that you dare to share on 'his' board. This didn't happen to me on Noront Board though)
However, it is common behaviour in most messages boards. Remember the Freewest board.... And Agoracom is probably the cleaner community in that respect.
I think that many active posters are here to fight their anxiety. I don't want to aim at anybody, but when 80% of the posts on any one day are made of discussions about the share price moving a few cents, or such and such House have transacted more positions than the other House... it shows that there is not much to say about the Corporation we invested in.
Instead of spending time commenting on a future NR that is not coming as soon as wanted, Why not give all of us a challenge. Have second (or first) look at the last Financial Statements and MD&A. Read the Notes and explanations. It seems technical at times, but most reading is easy, just try. And there is a lot to learn from these readings.
As you point out, bossyjason, the ones who happen to read the paperwork and share their view on what they read, seem to be ignored by the other posters. But the number of thumbs up you get, as low as it is, proves that your effort is not worthless.
GLTA.
BB.