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To: Michael Sphar who wrote (274)	4/29/1998 10:42:00 AM
From: Jerry in Omaha	Read Replies (1) of 446

Mr. Sphar, <<I know for a fact that at more than one high tech company which I often trade, a post to the thread is a direct line to the top corporate offices. I'm sure its safe to generalize on this.>> I agree it is probably safe to generalize on this as you have suggested. Attitudes re SI in corporate offices range from curious respect to fear and loathing. And as you point out lawyers have been doing their job of putting the fear of God and Gavel into the ears of hypnotized executive eyes staring at a screen full of Silicon Investors. They know full well that any posting sets a perilous precedent possessing tar-baby tenacity. The posting portal is one way only and putting finger to keyboard means first removing it from the dike holding in the corporate secrets, the real power in corporate hierarchy. As this "lurker" topic appears, to some of this thread's contributors, to be slightly off topic I would like to query the readers of this thread on topic: What are the consequences of a deep bear market on the content of postings and the civility of SI forums? What happens when stock shorters dominate market activity in a bear market? I've seen stable threads erupt when even one or two shorters begin posting. What's it going to be like when they're crawling all over the place? Have the executives at go2net taken this into consideration? Who's going to pay the equivalent of $8.00 per posting if there's nothing but flame wars on the threads? Jerard P P.S. A parting contribution to the "lurker" theme: writers know only one class of people; readers. By addressing all as "readers" we create no artificial class distinctions. As Martha Stewart, no corporate slouch herself, would say, "That's a Good Thing."

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