RASMAN.NET

Fellow Traders,

After 2 years, and plenty of time staring at code, its time for an upgrade to rasman.net - The home of the best online Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) Live Chat.

This is a major revision of the whole site, which has been built from the ground up. No code from the old site has been re-used, and I have put my focus on creating new functionality, and improving on the way things used to work.

I have also decided to cater to both "Trusted" chatters, and everybody else. In the past there has been a pretty rigorous grilling of any new members and this is going to change. The way things work now, you will climb the trust tree, with plenty of opportunities to get a good reputation for yourself.

The chat is using “AJAX” which means no more nasty refreshing. It is completely smooth and in terms of web based chat, very slick. I have re-added smilies, but colours are presented to you automatically which does mean you can’t choose your own colours anymore.

There are now two chat rooms available to everyone. “General ASX Chat” and “Unmoderated Chat” – General ASX Chat is for people who have earned some level of trust, while Unmoderated Chat is available to those who don’t meet the criteria of my long time moderator “geroanyday” – I know hes sometimes very strict, but there are serious concerns in this business and users need to be as transparent as possible. The heavy handed approach is to protect you, and other users.

In the future there will also be a closed chat to which you can gain access by invite only.

Other new features include:

• Private Messaging between Chatters, Integrated with the chat room.
• A list of the latest ASX announcements, updated every 5 mins, integrated with the chat.
• A news page featuring ASX related news from a number of different sources.
• Blogging on request, for those who would like to blog about the ASX.
• Revenue sharing for bloggers – You receive rewards from ad income if you write stories for the rasman.net homepage.
• Audio notifications when users join and for new messages. You can disable these.
• Rasman.net is now firefox compatible. (a long time overdue)

The standard disclaimer still stands:

Please note, information provided here is entirely opinion and not advice. Nobody who owns or uses this site is licensed in any way. Do not follow any advice or suggestions made on this site. Make sure to do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor.

I hope to chat with you all soon,

Rasman (not real name )