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To: pcstel who wrote (3803)10/19/2012 8:50:54 PM
From: Mark Marcellus1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 4890
 
First of all, I believe you are mistaken. In the very early days of SI.. and I have verified this with a couple of the older members. Silicon Investor was a "browse for free" web site aka "lurkers". It was however, "pay to play" so to speak. So in order to write a post, you had to "subscribe" to either a semi-annual, annual, or lifetime membership.. The option to purchase a "lifetime membership" was $200.

That is incorrect. Originally there was a mildly onerous, but free, registration process. As it happens, I joined for free in February 1997, about 1 week before the model was changed to charge for membership, and was thus grandfathered as a free member. This is one of the few instances where my investment timing was impeccable.
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