World, Writing, Wealth discussion

Hello friends, members, passersby, possibly - extraterrestrials and other creatures,
This is your moderator speaking. Please, keep your seatbelts fastened at all times :)
I open this window for public interaction with me. (Of course, I'm also available for a private one too). Can't always promise a speedy reply, but I'll try to monitor this thread in case something pops up that requires my attention.
So, who's that moderator guy you might ask yourself?
Simple - view me as a pub owner who opened this one in GR's terrain. Am I the most important person here? No, the place runs irrespective whether I'm in attendance. It's the people, which frequent the place, that make it what it is.
Have drinks, converse, enjoy it, voice opinions, share feelings, smiles and sometimes - tears.
It's only if you start a brawl, attempt to incinerate the place, get too aggressive or break whatever minimal rules we have I might call the bouncers in :)

Thanks for opening this thread. You do a great job here, Nik, only stepping in when needed, and always there when needed. I think most people here appreciate having a free and open forum for discussion where people respect others' opinions. I'm not sure there's another place like it.

Many thanks for you kind words 💐
Not gonna rest on laurels though 😎

Thank you for this thread Nik!

howdy y'all

Welcome, Kat and Van C.!

Guys, regret to read from active members that decide to leave:
"I'm finding some of the comments getting beyond friendly banter and open debate and turning into crazed conspiracy theories and ignorance."
Remember that some stuff can have personal connotations.
For example, it's not like everyone's driving an electric vehicle are necessarily after status, wrongly or rightly many truly seek to do their part in minimizing the impact...

I got 2 messages today telling me that people I've never heard of "liked my following." Anyone else get something like that?

I get those frequently about friend requests that I send. Don't think these mean much

Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate!

Indeed, and a happy New Year to all.

Nik, I didn't send friend requests to those unknown people, but if nothing else happens, I'll ignore it. Just seemed strange. No prob.

And Merry Christmas to all you guys who celebrate.

Happy New Year! Hope that 2024 will be much better than 23 🎅🎄

And a Happy New Year from me to all of you.

Thanks, Ian. You are already full body into the unknown awaiting for us ahead :)

Nik,

I'm not sure this is the right place to ask my question; if it's not, then you might direct me another link. I like this platform a lot, I just want to be effective on it for myself and others.

As you have been able to see from my posts on American Dream: Dead-Alive-or Kicking, I have been attempting to open conversations on personal financial health and strategies. I just posted again this afternoon.

So far, there hasn't been a lot discussion/reaction to the posts. Maybe I have been a little impatient or maybe this isn't the right platform for this kind of discussion.

I would appreciate any feedback or direction you could give me as to the appropriateness of the posts or whether they are in the right place or anything else you could think of.

Jeffrey

Hi Jeffrey,

I think the themes you raise are important and posts appropriate. You can even start your own thread in the economic section with the opening post(s) to lead the discussion. Not every topic spurs further reference although I'm sure more people read those posts than offer feedback. I don't know whether it plays a role, but folks might be a bit cautious as you are a relatively new member of the group. There is no single recipe how to strike a chord and of 4+K members we have maybe 20 who participate fairly regularly in discussions, some more occasionally weigh in and yet more read what they find interesting.

Nik,thank you for your reply. Could you guide me to what you call the economic section?

Here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
"Wealth & economics"

got it. I didn't realize I was already on the economic section when I was posting on American dream.

Nik,

I read in the lead-in to this thread that you are available for a private interaction [conversation] as well. Could I take you up on that invitation?

Sure, the site provides for private messages. I’m available

I'm not sure how to find that path to private messages. I've looked and I haven't found it yet.

If you enter friend’s profile page, you should see a message option on it

Nik,

Sorry to sound so needy, but when it comes to technical stuff, I might make a good plumber. When you said to enter a friend's profile page above, I took it to mean to enter your profile page which I did by clicking your picture. Once there, I found a box labelled, 'Ask Nik Krasno a question' which I did.

Did you receive that question? Was that the right place to start a private conversation? I did see that my question is no longer on your profile page.

You’ll figure it out eventually. Where’s a will, there is a way 😎

Hey I'm new here, i hope ur doing well

Hi Sophie, glad you are here and welcome! I’m ok and hope ur2. Feel free to participate in the discussions

Been taking a pause for a couple of months to see where the wind blows, as I didn't want to slam Trump just yet, but I'm back now :)

I get it. Happy to see you're back.