treeman
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Post by treeman on Sept 9, 2017 0:31:35 GMT
You would think that people using the same forum name as their platform login is a bit of a bad idea. wouldn't be overly concerned about anonymity with the platform myself but I would be much more wary of account security by posting usernames on public forums Totally agree on the potential security risk - I use my email address for login (not even remotely related to t*****n ). Oh, and a proper motherhubbard of a password
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pom
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Post by pom on Sept 9, 2017 18:33:42 GMT
Whilst I sometimes wish I'd chosen a rather more anonymous forum name (didn't realise quite how much the p2p bug would bite me I guess) I'm certainly not bothered about platforms working out who I am (pretty easily done). But perhaps that's cos I wouldn't say anything here about a platform I wouldn't say to their face....if anything I'm more likely to say it to them than here.
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Post by GSV3MIaC on Sept 9, 2017 19:27:06 GMT
Likewise. How are they going to send you chocolate if they don't know who you are?!? (does not apply to all platforms. 8>.)
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Post by bracknellboy on Sept 10, 2017 8:37:51 GMT
I use a different name, but then I use a different name in multiple places on the internet: rightly or wrongly this is a small contribution towards trying to reduce my internet footprint a bit for the purposes of security.
Nonetheless, I would have no problem and indeed would feel it a duty to let a platform I am a member of know who the BB persona is relataive to my presence on their platform shold they wish, and a number of platforms do know.
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Post by elliotn on Aug 31, 2018 15:03:45 GMT
Afternoon, As you know I spend a considerable amount of time on this forum where I try to be as open and candid as I can. In the early days this forum has proved invaluable to MT in helping us to shape the proposition we have today and has also attracted a large number of loyal and supportive lenders to our platform and really helped us to grow. I appreciate that at times in this journey, emotions have often got carried away on this forum and yet I have always tried to provide measured and pragmatic answers to those. I also get questioned directly by a number of our lenders (and admittedly by other platforms who have long since withdrawn), why I devote so much time to this forum when some people on here become less than polite/constructive but have so far have always reasoned as to the overall benefits platform engagement can have on a forum such as this for the betterment of all. I do have to admit that I am starting to question whether the people on this forum might actually prefer it to be environment whereby they can discuss p2p/platforms/loans amongst themselves without the platform reps. I often question as to whether I should contribute to a particular thread when a discussion is taking place as maybe people would rather the platform didn’t contribute? Probably one of the main factors making me currently question whether I should contribute is when I see some vocal people on here critique a particular loan and then make some comment to the effect that “for these reasons, I am out”, and yet on a number of occasions this does not correlate with their investment decision on the platform. This I cannot understand; for who’s benefit or to what end is someone stating they wont participate in a loan and perhaps suggest others shouldn’t either and then invest in it themselves anyway. The only conclusion I have come up with is they wish to earn the respect of others on the forum by giving opinions which would prove popular rather than reflecting their own opinion. I do think this forum is incredibly valuable for a range of people and wood-be-lenders. Overall it is also one of the most constructive and well managed forums out there which is notoriously difficult on a public forum made up of mostly anonymous participants. I thought I would however pen down some of my personal thoughts for discussion (should anyone wish to). Kind regards, Ed I would argue that platform engagement is positive through thick and thin, any perceived distancing could be counterproductive.
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Post by arby on Aug 31, 2018 16:49:49 GMT
Afternoon, As you know I spend a considerable amount of time on this forum where I try to be as open and candid as I can. In the early days this forum has proved invaluable to MT in helping us to shape the proposition we have today and has also attracted a large number of loyal and supportive lenders to our platform and really helped us to grow. I appreciate that at times in this journey, emotions have often got carried away on this forum and yet I have always tried to provide measured and pragmatic answers to those. I also get questioned directly by a number of our lenders (and admittedly by other platforms who have long since withdrawn), why I devote so much time to this forum when some people on here become less than polite/constructive but have so far have always reasoned as to the overall benefits platform engagement can have on a forum such as this for the betterment of all. I do have to admit that I am starting to question whether the people on this forum might actually prefer it to be environment whereby they can discuss p2p/platforms/loans amongst themselves without the platform reps. I often question as to whether I should contribute to a particular thread when a discussion is taking place as maybe people would rather the platform didn’t contribute? Probably one of the main factors making me currently question whether I should contribute is when I see some vocal people on here critique a particular loan and then make some comment to the effect that “for these reasons, I am out”, and yet on a number of occasions this does not correlate with their investment decision on the platform. This I cannot understand; for who’s benefit or to what end is someone stating they wont participate in a loan and perhaps suggest others shouldn’t either and then invest in it themselves anyway. The only conclusion I have come up with is they wish to earn the respect of others on the forum by giving opinions which would prove popular rather than reflecting their own opinion. I do think this forum is incredibly valuable for a range of people and wood-be-lenders. Overall it is also one of the most constructive and well managed forums out there which is notoriously difficult on a public forum made up of mostly anonymous participants. I thought I would however pen down some of my personal thoughts for discussion (should anyone wish to). Kind regards, Ed I would argue that platform engagement is positive through thick and thin, any perceived distancing could be counterproductive. This thread died a year ago and he clearly took on board the message and is still posting regularly so let's not start the discussion again
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