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To: QwikSand who wrote (41027)	2/7/2001 9:49:15 AM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (1) of 64865

Dear QS: That old expression, "You pay for what you get?" You have tastefully worded what one ends up with in regards to Yahoo! Raging Bull is almost as bad--wading through the spams is enough to drive one crazy. They are "free;" SI (supposedly) costs money to join. I don't have "lifetime" subscriptions to the _WSJ_ or _Consumer Reports_ interactive editions. I would not mind paying a yearly membership fee for SI. Considering that we, the members, provide the content here at SI, are the ones (as a collective) responsible for making this the best investment discussion site, I do think the old/existing charge of $120. just to make postings is a bit high--especially since _anyone_ member or not, can read SI threads. But some charge, yes. I am under the assumption that the primary reason SI started to charge was to get rid of spammers. Although my profile does not show it, I joined SI the first month it was up and running [Jill later changed my date of joining at my request]. There were a LOT of spammers here at SI in the old days. By initiating the fee schedule, new people had to sign-up with a credit card, basically verify who they were. This did not exclude jerks, but did make it next to impossible for one person to sign-up under a number of screen names then play games spamming. RB and Yahoo! require no proof during sign-up and people who want to spam or just play games are unstopable--get kicked off, sign up again using a new screen name and phoney sign-up information. How about the _WSJ_ buying SI and giving people "free" or discounted SI memberships as a perk of an online subscription to the _WSJ_ with non-WSJ subscribers being welcome to join--for a fee? They could even grandfather in current SI members. Lynn

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