"An Online Community of Unknown But Growing Size"
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:51 am
Syke put up an entry for "Hocomania" in the Wikipedia dictionary (I don't know much about it, but, as I understand things, the definitions are supplied by users on an ongoing basis) a day or two ago. The item was initially deleted, for obvious reasons. But now a case has been put forward that the term itself is a meaningful one, even if the definition initially put foward is not fairly worded. Here's the text of the post:
"Background info from one observer's point of view: Hocomania was coined by message board posters at various early retirement discussion boards. A user named "hocus" or "hocus2004" who has been a participant in these communities for years has been railing since 2002 about an alternative plan for withdrawing funds during early retirement. He has one or two books written, but as far as I know not published except perhaps one by a vanity publisher. Forums linked from http://www.retireearlyhomepage.com/ refer to hocomania, and the one that requires registration to view now has a forum dedicated to hocomania. hocus describes his involvement in an early retirement "movement" and his alternate plan in grandiose and verbose fashion, accuses those who argue the merits of his plan of trying to silence him. Some accuse him of creating alternate message board IDs to bring up the subject and/or support his ideas. The term is well understood across at least 4 message boards including the two linked in the above reference, The Motley Fool ( http://fool.com ) Retire Early Home Page board (paid registration required) and at http://nofeeboards.com where hocus runs and moderates the "SWR Research Group" discussion. The term may be known a little beyond that in the online early retirement discussion community, but I'm not sure. hocus is quite persistent, and his detractors have become very amusing in their attempts to deal with his presence. I'm not sure Hocomania is worthy of a Wikipedia entry, but it is a real term in an online community of unknown but growing size. Additional note: the given definition is not an objective description but more of a jab at hocus' life events.
An earlier post argued that: "The term is a scathing reference to a poster on several early retirement forums. The definition is not from a neutral point of view."
Another "no" vote was set forth in this post: "Has been speedy deleted at least twice now. This is nothing more than an attack article."
Here's the definition of the term "HocoMania" that is being discussed: "An early retirement plan that features quitting a high-paying job before you've saved enough money to be financially-independent only to accept sub-minimum wage work to make ends meet and feed your family."
Here's the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: ... /Hocomania
"Background info from one observer's point of view: Hocomania was coined by message board posters at various early retirement discussion boards. A user named "hocus" or "hocus2004" who has been a participant in these communities for years has been railing since 2002 about an alternative plan for withdrawing funds during early retirement. He has one or two books written, but as far as I know not published except perhaps one by a vanity publisher. Forums linked from http://www.retireearlyhomepage.com/ refer to hocomania, and the one that requires registration to view now has a forum dedicated to hocomania. hocus describes his involvement in an early retirement "movement" and his alternate plan in grandiose and verbose fashion, accuses those who argue the merits of his plan of trying to silence him. Some accuse him of creating alternate message board IDs to bring up the subject and/or support his ideas. The term is well understood across at least 4 message boards including the two linked in the above reference, The Motley Fool ( http://fool.com ) Retire Early Home Page board (paid registration required) and at http://nofeeboards.com where hocus runs and moderates the "SWR Research Group" discussion. The term may be known a little beyond that in the online early retirement discussion community, but I'm not sure. hocus is quite persistent, and his detractors have become very amusing in their attempts to deal with his presence. I'm not sure Hocomania is worthy of a Wikipedia entry, but it is a real term in an online community of unknown but growing size. Additional note: the given definition is not an objective description but more of a jab at hocus' life events.
An earlier post argued that: "The term is a scathing reference to a poster on several early retirement forums. The definition is not from a neutral point of view."
Another "no" vote was set forth in this post: "Has been speedy deleted at least twice now. This is nothing more than an attack article."
Here's the definition of the term "HocoMania" that is being discussed: "An early retirement plan that features quitting a high-paying job before you've saved enough money to be financially-independent only to accept sub-minimum wage work to make ends meet and feed your family."
Here's the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: ... /Hocomania