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Isn’t it great? We’ve had forum posts from five new contributors recently! It’s wonderful to see fresh voices joining the conversation. Keep it up into the new year, people—I’m loving the new perspectives you’re bringing!
Who else has a story or an idea to share? We’d love to hear from you!
Mrs. Clements and Mr. Sheremeta have posted several notes in the Forum encouraging both new participation /engagement as well authorship of newsletter worthy articles. That said, an established member of a community welcoming a new member to a community and encouraging them to share is a nice thing to do.
I monitor this website regularly, as does Mr. Sheremeta. My husband designed the Forum so that it would be a community of readers sharing not only notes of their personal financial journeys but forging relationships based on a common interest – personal finance. And it is through this common interest that the “mission” is sustained.
I would like to remind you that my husband died just three months ago. i have asked readers to be mindful and patient during this transition, apparently to no avail. If you have gripes about the site, its direction, etc., a personal email would the kinder route.
And per Jonathan Clements, NO images, graphics, etc., are to be posted on the site.
Very helpful, thanks Elaine.
Thanks for your reminders, Elaine. It’s hard to imagine how challenging all this must be for you but I’m sure all the regulars, both contributors and commenters like myself, are deeply grateful. I know that I am.
I am not a social media guy. HD is the only social media kind of site that I visit or, although just occasionally, add a comment to.
My understanding of HD’s mission, in Jonathan Clement’s words, is that it exists to “help readers make rational financial decisions.”
it seems odd to me, for that reason, that readers who are also contributors or frequent contributors are welcoming and encouraging other readers to contribute articles to HD. Isn’t it the role of HD’s proprietors, Mrs. Clement, Mr. Grossman, and Mr. Bogdan S., not avid readers, contributors, and commenters to welcome and encourage new contributors and to ensure that the site, including new contributions to the Forum and comment threads, maintain true to HD’s mission as set forth by Jonathan Clement? Otherwise, doesn’t HD risk mission creep by the preferences of contributors, new and old, and commenters, frequent or infrequent? Or, in other words, is HD’s management or its readership directing HD into its future after Jonathan Clement’s passing?
My personal impression is that HD has sustained some mission creep of late, which is why I am raising this issue in what I intend as a sincere and serious way.
Some contributors contribute too frequently, and their input can drift off target; sometimes less is more.