Economy
In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH, Monday, December 12, 2011 [View all]Loge23
(3,922 posts)I can see why this "feature" is - and will continue to be - controversial.
I see that your appointment (and vote) occured in th eearly AM hours of Sunday, according to the time stamp. Now I may be wrong but I think that regular posters of this thread, among whom I am not btw, are not active on this board at those hours. There may have been one or two ID's on your attached thread that I recognize from this thread, but there were none of the people that post the most on SMW (I am not one of the regular posters, btw), so I can understand TG's hesitation about this process.
I think the hallmark of the SMW thread is as a kind of "safehouse" for commentary on DU that may or may not be firmly on topic.
I believe that TG is dismayed (to say the least) that the atmosphere of community that may have once existed, and hopefully will continue, on the SMW is compromised by this new development of a "host" - not that I attempt to speak for TG, but I do so for myself.