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To: Gottfried who wrote (837)	7/14/1997 12:50:00 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	of 1894

Have I run into any kooks? Do 'spammers' count as kooks? If so, yes. The issue of spamming stocks on to other threads is one that I don't think we've dealt with here, have we? It would certainly bring the discussion back around to actual 'Kooks', which we've strayed far away from. One of threads I follow suddenly had a spam for some cheezy penny stock. exchange2000.com exchange2000.com Several posters responded, "Hey, don't hype your penny stocks here" exchange2000.com exchange2000.com The reply from the spammer was, "Hey, I own some shares of <the thread's> stock. I have every right to be here." She further denigrated other posters. exchange2000.com exchange2000.com I did respond at that point. Perhaps in a manner unbecoming. But I did use actual fact and reason to describe: 1. She had a right to be on the thread, but not to spam other junk. 2. Her stock could have been better chosen (this was to help thread readers see her stock was, at best, throwing money away -- they have had exactly -0- sales since 1989 -- a speculative biomed firm.) Whilst eloquent and factual, my response did tip the side of the 'scathing' scale. Perhaps I should have used more tact, but I make no apologies -- I stuck to facts and reason (although I was a bit more insulting than I should have been). My only other crime was using a joke I have previously used here. I hope I am not a kook. I did 'riddle' her with some bullets, but at that point, with the previous posts, I was a little ticked off -- the irrational exuberance of youth. I hope I haven't disappointed anybody too much. Maybe I should stick to stock analysis. exchange2000.com So what do we do about spammers? How are they best handled? -MrB

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