Kitco is closing down its forum

topstuf · July 25, 2006 7:32AM

In case anyone wants to say goodbyes to any posters there.

coinandcurrency242 · July 25, 2006 7:32AM

will they still have the silver and gold and all those daily prices up?

topstuf · July 25, 2006 7:40AM

yep. still selling stuff but no forum.

Tarmac · July 25, 2006 8:01AM

Reason?

robertpr · July 25, 2006 8:07AM

They had a forum

topstuf · July 25, 2006 8:35AM

Yes, they had a forum. Kitco is a dealer in gold and silver and they maintained a forum of gold investors and traders. A very good place to learn about metals and/or gold/silver stocks.

The ending forum

The reason is given on that link. Some people just can't learn to scroll and seem determined to fight no matter what.

A loss for anyone interested in investing in gold or silver or even sometimes rare coins. An excellent source of viewpoints and opinions.

The new forum they propose may be an improvement. Or not.

RYK · July 25, 2006 8:41AM

Darn it.

cladking · July 25, 2006 9:50AM

I visited there recently for the first time and found it fascinating. There sure was a lot of dollar bashing though.

topstuf · July 26, 2006 1:01AM

The dollar is bashed enough by our own government policies. Don't shoot the messenger.

mercurynut · July 26, 2006 1:40AM

I guess the good news for me is its one less forum to get banned from.............

carl · July 26, 2006 2:01AM

I never heard of it so now that it is gone I won't bother looking for it either.

Longacre · July 26, 2006 2:03AM

Never even heard of it. One forum is enough for me, although pulling down two fees per post payments would have been nice.

UncleWiggly · August 16, 2006 4:58AM

BullionDirect

This is a nice forum to discuss precious metals.

Jerry

mhammerman · August 16, 2006 5:30AM

"Kitco Inc. is dedicated to providing the Precious Metals Community with a forum for discussion, learning and support that reflects and adds to the excellence of the information on its website. In order to fulfill this commitment we will be introducing a new forum.
We welcome your feedback on how to make it better. Got an idea for a new feature? Are you interested in participating in the moderation of the new forum? You can apply by writing us at discussion@kitco.com.

We thank all those who have given us suggestions for improving the forum and those who have volunteered to be moderators for the new forum. Volunteer 'moderators' will be contacted soon.
Our new Kitco Forum will be online shortly. Please check our website regularly for information."

Very interesting. Public or member, on-line forums are a quirky lot. With the best of ideals and intentions, forums often get destroyed. It occurs when some butthead decides he/she has to be some kind of instigator or judge. The bashing turns into outright verbal fighting and soon the forum can not maintain it's purpose, it just becomes a venue for very poor behavior and most hosts won't go through the expense and time it takes to provide a forum under those circumstances. It takes considerable monitoring and management to maintain a good forum and when the forum is hijacked by evildoers...the host must pull the plug. I've seen it before and it is a terrible thing to happen to the relationships and friendships that develop...they just go poof into cyberspace. The nice thing about this forum is that it is well monitored and trolls don't survive long here and that's a good thing.

That being said, I did like the banter on the kitco site but it was ugly from time to time. I do like this coin forum and I hope is is longlived and can be maintained for the purposes our host had intended.

This has been a public information message, now back to your metal disks.

Coin on!

Kitco is closing down its forum

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