Comparing investing to gambling and drugs is misleading. Yes, daytrading feels very much like gambling but long-term investments with a diversified portfolio?
Edit: What is going on here, why the downvote? Downvoters thhink that long-term investing in assets equals gambling and drugs?
Is this how you have almost 600 positive karma in just six months, by complaining so much about downvotes? Three posts in just the last hour, in this thread and another thread:
Yes I agree with the last example you brought, this was def complaining, I should work on that.
A few times though, I got good feedback and was also able to make my point more clear after I asked about the reasons for the downvotes.
Also, I prefer that people reply instead of downvote (except it's trolling) which is also a reason I address this. Look, I reply to you as well. Hope I didn't make you too angry and I try to improve.
I agree. I don't think downvoting is particularly conducive to good discussion (there's already a way to flag posts that may be inappropriate or spammy), but most people who downvote probably just disagree and don't want or have time to reply or argue.
> Hope I didn't make you too angry
I wouldn't say I was angry, I just saw three comments about downvotes which seemed a bit excessive, then saw more in other comments.
There is probably some kind of lesson here.