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To: SI Brad who wrote (27778)	7/5/2011 4:15:40 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	7 Recommendations Read Replies (3) of 32968

I'm against it. i think you need to step back and look at what you tried to create with Silicon Investor. You said it in an earlier post. You weren't looking to create the best investment message board in the world, you were looking to create the best community platform with the best interface. SI was essentially a sales tool for yourself and Jeff to get business creating websites. You accomplished your goal. In a way you are like cyber gods. You created an environment, you gave it the breath of life and it has evolved over times as conditions changed. If you want this to be the premier investment website, provide the tools that will attract investors/traders etc....and see where it goes. Personally, if a thread becomes too busy, I simply unbookmark it. There are threads here that have a very high signal to noise ratio and some that are almost pure noise. Does it cost you anything to have both? The only thing that I want to see changed is that ignored members disappear completely from my view. Seeing an empty message box still requires me to skip through it. That solves the problem of the overly verbose members. ...I'm not incentivized to focus on quantity of messages! you are not incentivized to focus on anything except personal accomplishment at this point. Does it bother you if there are many messages on some threads that don't contribute to the overall intelligence of the site? I think that before you make major decisions you need to decide what you are getting out of having the SI ball again. Is it building the best online community? Is it building the best platform for that online community? Is it building the best investment website? Is it reliving the golden days of the 90s? Since profit isn't your motivation, you have to figure out what is. Once you figure that out, make the changes regardless of what the community thinks. Then accept that some people will leave, some will stay and some will be attracted to the new SI.

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