Investment forum flagging discussion and post-mortem

The good old flagging discussion is time to dig out from the bottom of the barrel again due to the July heatwaves, and what else would one do on the last Saturday of July. :sunglasses:

In the Withsecure discussion, feelings have been hurt again about flagging, and reasons are given why the forum has acted as it has.

Let’s start by digging out the forum rules.
https://keskustelut.inderes.fi/t/sijoitusfoorumin-saannot-faq-guidelines/5

1. Maintaining a high-quality and clean discussion
Always strive to improve the discussion in some way, no matter how small the action. If you are unsure whether your message adds value to the discussion, it’s better not to send it.

According to the forum rules, this is not the case, why has this been done? So that the discussion could produce added value and the famous swarm intelligence could dig out some added value from the company’s business. Weekly shouting that the stock will soon go to the moon for reason x or that someone made a mistake selling their stocks and criticizes the company just for the sake of criticizing, while the company has not got its own game in order during many years of the cybersecurity supercycle, then the fault is not with the critic. :slightly_smiling_face:

It’s great that the investment target arouses passions; perhaps they could be channeled towards why the company’s business isn’t performing? Why hasn’t Withsecure performed as well as its competitors in growth, and why does the company appear to be a chronic underperformer that just burns cash? In what year will the company start growing again in terms of top-line, and what will the company have done right then?
Perhaps the company could even get some ideas from these discussions, and I would genuinely like to read a good presentation arguing why this would be a 2€ stock, for example, in three years. Just shouting into the wind that people are idiots for not seeing its value is fruitless, and there are other platforms for such discussions.

Indeed, that’s why a separate “hype thread” has been created for stock price changes or cursing stagnation, which has over 30,000 messages of hype!
https://keskustelut.inderes.fi/t/kurssien-ja-niiden-muutosten-kyselyt-kauhistelut-ja-hehkuttelut-osa-4/61881

Although Salkunvartija (Portfolio Manager) came up as an example here, I hope he doesn’t take offense but tries to see this as an opportunity to learn. When passion is channeled in a slightly more constructive direction, it brings a lot more value to the forum. :sunglasses:

P.S. In the future, the flagging finger will be even more sensitive in the said thread.

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