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The more and more I grow older I think these types of forums are pure unreadable garbage. There are nuggets of great information and wisdom here and there, but

by tjr225 4y ago

The more and more I grow older I think these types of forums are pure unreadable garbage. There are nuggets of great information and wisdom here and there, but the people that dish that out aren't commenting that often. However; you have no way of knowing if a given poster- most of the posters you are reading from- have any fucking idea what they are talking about. I'm reminded of being told not to believe anything you read on the internet by my elders in the early 2000s... Instead what I find is that I'm participating in a massive maw of negativity and panic, almost a desired state of entropy and failure. I think it May Be Time To Stop Posting. I think I'll keep my head down and do my best to keep food on the table instead.

Yhippa 4y ago
Who knows what they are talking about when it comes to this stuff?
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- tjr225 4y ago
  Nobody! That’s what I’m saying! Sorry pal. Web 2.0 or 3.0 isn’t going to help any of us predict the future….
  - UmbertoNoEco 4y ago
    The best proof of that is to read some threads of 2,5,10,12 years ago and see how ridiculously wrong most of the predictions by the commenters were.
kkfx 4y ago
That's why we need usenet: back then nice posts, human knowledge flow, at least in some groups, while under all platforms, even the most open and targeted like HN platformisation effects bite.
variant 4y ago
Bogleheads is a forum of primarily disciplined investors interested in becoming wealthy over the long term via steady contributions to a risk diversified portfolio. It's a pretty knowledgeable community with a lot of high earners in medical & technology fields. These are investors who are diligently adding to their $VTI position not dabbling in high-risk venture capital backed companies. Easy to predict doom, though. If you do it enough, you'll eventually be right. These are strange times. Interest rates rising, inflation crazy but economy and job market is pretty hot. As a Bogleheader myself, I'll keep plunking money into my ETF's at discounted prices and believe it'll pay off long term. :)

by tjr225 4y ago

Yhippa 4y ago

Who knows what they are talking about when it comes to this stuff?

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tjr225 4y ago
Nobody! That’s what I’m saying! Sorry pal. Web 2.0 or 3.0 isn’t going to help any of us predict the future….
- UmbertoNoEco 4y ago
  The best proof of that is to read some threads of 2,5,10,12 years ago and see how ridiculously wrong most of the predictions by the commenters were.

kkfx 4y ago

That's why we need usenet: back then nice posts, human knowledge flow, at least in some groups, while under all platforms, even the most open and targeted like HN platformisation effects bite.

variant 4y ago

Bogleheads is a forum of primarily disciplined investors interested in becoming wealthy over the long term via steady contributions to a risk diversified portfolio. It's a pretty knowledgeable community with a lot of high earners in medical & technology fields. These are investors who are diligently adding to their $VTI position not dabbling in high-risk venture capital backed companies. Easy to predict doom, though. If you do it enough, you'll eventually be right. These are strange times. Interest rates rising, inflation crazy but economy and job market is pretty hot. As a Bogleheader myself, I'll keep plunking money into my ETF's at discounted prices and believe it'll pay off long term. :)