Investment forum rules (FAQ/Guidelines)

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Platform for Civilized Investment Discussion

On the Inderes investment forum, investors help investors. The forum has over 100,000 active readers, so let’s treat this forum with respect to ensure that shared knowledge serves everyone. By following these guidelines, you help the community grow and maintain this forum as the highest-quality and most civilized platform for investment discussion in the universe.

1. Maintaining high-quality and orderly discussion

Always strive to improve the discussion in some way, no matter how small. If you’re unsure whether your message adds value to the discussion, it is better to leave it unsent. Respect the topics and the people discussing them, even if you disagree on something.

A good way to develop the discussion is to familiarize yourself with existing threads before starting a new one. This helps avoid unnecessary duplication. If you want to expand the discussion in a completely different direction, start a new thread linked to the previous conversation.

Different opinions are part of the discussion, but remember that only issues should clash, not people. Respect your fellow participants. We do not tolerate on the forum:

• Name-calling
• Personal attacks
• Criticizing writing style instead of content
• Thoughtless counter-arguments without justification
• Impersonation or sharing personal information
• Inappropriate content

Instead, present well-argued counterpoints and justify your views.

To maintain high quality and genuine interaction between people, we also do not accept messages produced entirely by AI tools.

2. Tools for using the forum

The forum offers tools such as likes, flags, and edits, which allow the community to highlight the best discussion starters and identify issues. Use these tools to promote both your own and others’ user experience.

Moderators have the right to remove content and user accounts if necessary, but new messages are not pre-moderated. Moderators and site administrators are not responsible for the content published by users.

3. User responsibility

Remember that market abuse or attempts thereof are prohibited on the forum. Users are responsible for the content they add, as well as its usage rights and legality. Inderes does not represent or take responsibility for the views expressed by users on the forum.

You may not publish anything digital that belongs to someone else without permission. You may not publish descriptions, links, or methods for stealing someone else’s intellectual property (software, video, audio, images) or for violating any other law.

4. The best investment forum in the universe, powered by the community

This site is maintained by your friendly staff and you, the community. If you have additional questions or suggestions for developing the forum, share your thoughts in the Inderes.fi content development ideas thread! If you encounter an urgent problem that cannot be resolved through flagging or discussion, contact the administration.

5. Terms of Use

As with everywhere online, there are legal rules here as well. Our terms of use define the responsibilities of users and administration regarding content, privacy, and laws. By using this service, you agree to follow the terms of use.

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Foundation for a Civilized Investment Discussion

On Inderes’s investment forum, investors help investors. The forum has over 100,000 active readers, so please treat this investment forum with respect to ensure that shared information benefits everyone. By following these guidelines, you help the community grow and maintain this forum as the most high-quality and civilized platform for investment discussions.

1. Maintaining high-quality and orderly discussions

Always strive to improve the discussion in some way, no matter how small the action. If you’re unsure whether your message adds value to the discussion, it’s better to leave it unsent. Respect the topics and the people discussing them, even if you disagree on something.

A good way to develop discussions is to familiarize yourself with existing threads before starting a new one. This helps avoid unnecessary duplication. If you want to steer the discussion in a completely different direction, start a new thread linked to the previous conversation.

Different opinions are part of healthy discussion, but remember that only things or ideas can argue, not people. Respect your fellow discussion participants. We do not tolerate on the forum:

• Insults
• Personal attacks
• Criticizing writing style instead of content
• Thoughtless counter-arguments without justification
• Impersonation or sharing personal information
• Inappropriate content

Instead, present well-argued counterpoints and justify your views.

To maintain high quality and genuine conversations between people, we also do not accept messages entirely produced by AI tools.

2. Tools for forum use

The forum offers tools such as likes, reports, and edits that allow the community to highlight the best discussion contributions and identify issues. Use these tools to enhance your own experience and that of others.

Moderators have the right to remove content and user accounts if necessary, but new messages are not subject to pre-approval. Moderators and site administrators are not responsible for the content posted by users.

3. User responsibilities

Remember that market manipulation or attempts thereof are forbidden on the forum. Users are responsible for the content they post and its legal usage rights. Inderes does not endorse or take responsibility for the opinions expressed by users on the forum.

You also may not publish anything digital that belongs to someone else without permission. You cannot post descriptions, links, or methods related to theft of someone else’s intellectual property (software, videos, audio, images) or violate any laws.

4. The universe’s best investment forum, powered by our community

This site is maintained by your friendly staff and by you—the community. If you have questions or suggestions for improving the forum, share your ideas in the Inderes.fi content development ideas thread! If you encounter an urgent problem that cannot be resolved with a report or discussion, contact the administration.

5. Terms of Use

As everywhere online, there are legal rules here as well. Our terms of use define the responsibilities of users and moderators regarding content, privacy, and legal compliance. By using this service, you agree to follow the terms of use.

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Edit the first post in this topic to change the contents of the FAQ/Guidelines page.

[Verneri_Pulkkinen]

Forum rules are now available in Finnish. Please read ;-).

Discourse rules in English:

This is a Civilized Place for Public Discussion

Please treat this discussion forum with the same respect you would a public park. We, too, are a shared community resource — a place to share skills, knowledge and interests through ongoing conversation.

These are not hard and fast rules, merely guidelines to aid the human judgment of our community and keep this a clean and well-lighted place for civilized public discourse.

Improve the Discussion

Help us make this a great place for discussion by always working to improve the discussion in some way, however small. If you are not sure your post adds to the conversation, think over what you want to say and try again later.

The topics discussed here matter to us, and we want you to act as if they matter to you, too. Be respectful of the topics and the people discussing them, even if you disagree with some of what is being said.

One way to improve the discussion is by discovering ones that are already happening. Spend time browsing the topics here before replying or starting your own, and you’ll have a better chance of meeting others who share your interests.

Be Agreeable, Even When You Disagree

You may wish to respond to something by disagreeing with it. That’s fine. But remember to criticize ideas, not people. Please avoid:

• Name-calling
• Ad hominem attacks
• Responding to a post’s tone instead of its actual content
• Knee-jerk contradiction

Instead, provide reasoned counter-arguments that improve the conversation.

Your Participation Counts

The conversations we have here set the tone for every new arrival. Help us influence the future of this community by choosing to engage in discussions that make this forum an interesting place to be — and avoiding those that do not.

Discourse provides tools that enable the community to collectively identify the best (and worst) contributions: bookmarks, likes, flags, replies, edits, and so forth. Use these tools to improve your own experience, and everyone else’s, too.

Let’s leave our community better than we found it.

If You See a Problem, Flag It

Moderators have special authority; they are responsible for this forum. But so are you. With your help, moderators can be community facilitators, not just janitors or police.

When you see bad behavior, don’t reply. It encourages the bad behavior by acknowledging it, consumes your energy, and wastes everyone’s time. Just flag it. If enough flags accrue, action will be taken, either automatically or by moderator intervention.

In order to maintain our community, moderators reserve the right to remove any content and any user account for any reason at any time. Moderators do not preview new posts; the moderators and site operators take no responsibility for any content posted by the community.

Always Be Civil

Nothing sabotages a healthy conversation like rudeness:

• Be civil. Don’t post anything that a reasonable person would consider offensive, abusive, or hate speech.
• Keep it clean. Don’t post anything obscene or sexually explicit.
• Respect each other. Don’t harass or grief anyone, impersonate people, or expose their private information.
• Respect our forum. Don’t post spam or otherwise vandalize the forum.

These are not concrete terms with precise definitions — avoid even the appearance of any of these things. If you’re unsure, ask yourself how you would feel if your post was featured on the front page of the New York Times.

This is a public forum, and search engines index these discussions. Keep the language, links, and images safe for family and friends.

Keep It Tidy

Make the effort to put things in the right place, so that we can spend more time discussing and less cleaning up. So:

• Don’t start a topic in the wrong category.
• Don’t cross-post the same thing in multiple topics.
• Don’t post no-content replies.
• Don’t divert a topic by changing it midstream.
• Don’t sign your posts — every post has your profile information attached to it.

Rather than posting “+1” or “Agreed”, use the Like button. Rather than taking an existing topic in a radically different direction, use Reply as a Linked Topic.

Post Only Your Own Stuff

You may not post anything digital that belongs to someone else without permission. You may not post descriptions of, links to, or methods for stealing someone’s intellectual property (software, video, audio, images), or for breaking any other law.

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This site is operated by your friendly local staff and you, the community. If you have any further questions about how things should work here, open a new topic in the site feedback category and let’s discuss! If there’s a critical or urgent issue that can’t be handled by a meta topic or flag, contact us via the staff page.

Terms of Service

Yes, legalese is boring, but we must protect ourselves – and by extension, you and your data – against unfriendly folks. We have a Terms of Service describing your (and our) behavior and rights related to content, privacy, and laws. To use this service, you must agree to abide by our TOS.

[Antti_Jarvenpaa]

Today we added “V) Market abuse or attempts to commit it are prohibited on the Forum. (MAR)” to the Forum rules.

The background to this was a suspicion that possible insider information was being circulated on the Forum. Please remember that spreading and exploiting insider information is prohibited by law. If you have obtained insider information or believe it may be such, do not spread it or use it. In the worst case, this could harm the entire Forum, which is why it’s important to flag this explicitly in the rules as well.

Finally, may the good discussions continue here!

[Antti_Jarvenpaa]

I’ll post this information here in the group as well, so it’s easier to refer back to the message in the future, if needed.

Inderesin kahvihuone (Osa 2)

[AaroV]

Hi Forum!

We’ve recently gained many new users on the forum, so a warm welcome to you all!

I thought I’d write a small ABC or 101 of forum rules, as this forum also operates on certain principles.

Every message should, in principle, add value to the discussion. These could be interesting observations, personal analyses, or thoughts. You are also encouraged to ask puzzling questions on the forum, so that each of us can become better investors! However, it is important to remember that the forum is divided into its own channels, and different types of questions and comments should be placed in their respective channels.

Here are some of the topic threads:

More instructions and tips for new members can be found here Instructions and tips for new members on the forum 169

There’s a place for casual discussion in the coffee room Inderes Coffee Room (Part 2) 56

Ask and Answer thread Ask & Answer thread about investing 82

If you want to ask about stock price changes, ask here Stock price and its changes - inquiries, marveling, and cheering - thread 49

If you want to ask questions related to IPOs (Initial Public Offerings), ask here Great IPO thread: Technical questions

Other things to note:

Sharing news You are allowed to share news on the forum. If you link to a news article, it’s good to briefly summarize and highlight the main points for other discussants, and also explain why this news is significant. Copying only links or news articles should be avoided. Also, remember to read the thread a bit before sharing news or asking a question. The same news might have already been shared, or the same question already asked.

Flagging and flags: We encourage you to flag messages that, in the opinion of readers, do not comply with the forum rules. Flags are visible to moderators, and then moderators decide what to do with the message. The message can either be deleted, moved, or hidden, in which case the author is advised to edit the message, or the flag can be dismissed if it is unfounded. If flagging continues to bother you, you can send a message to the moderators and kindly ask why a message was deleted or why, for example, you have been banned for a short period.

Read the analysis and make good stock picks

[Tomi_Valkeajarvi]

The forum’s original rules were practically directly from Discourse’s ready-made rule template with a few of our own additions, so we made small updates to the rules after seven years. For old users, there’s nothing new really, but especially new users should read through the rules!