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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: SI Dave who wrote (28194)2/4/2005 3:00:20 PM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (2) of 90947
 
And, it wouldn't hurt to keep in mind that this is an investment-oriented discussion site. The intra-thread poltical ideology wars are of no value to us, and in fact detract from the site by consuming limited resources better utilized elsewhere.

It's worthwhile for everyone to consider if they want to be part of the problem or part of the solution.

I find that a bit troubling.

Are you saying that the Political and Coffee Shop threads take up too much bandwidth? That they are not a valuable component of SI that are worth keeping?

I've been around SI since 1996, and over the years have been an active participant in various stock and investment threads. Fact is, however, its the Coffee Shop and Political threads at SI that interest me (and I dare say a number of others).

This isn't 1999 anymore Dave, when the market was red hot and people were making money hand over fist. I could be wrong, and I certainly don't have the data (presumably you and Bob do), but I'm not sure how long SI would be a viable site if the owners decided to pitch the Political and Coffee Shop threads overboard.

So, can you clarify? What are your thoughts, and Bob's as well, on the future of the SI Political and Coffee Shop threads? I just paid up $20 to upgrade my membership, as have a number of others, and I would be very disappointed to learn that management wants to take this site back to having only an investment/stock trading focus.
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