As a lurker, let me attempt to constructively change the character of this dispute between Ian and Stitch. I suspect Ian may have been checking out the Yahoo threads recently. Those threads are rampant with SPAM and manipulators. Enough of reading that and you get pretty wary. It is especially irritating when SPAMMERS have subject heads that make it seem they are on topic to the company, but are not. But I have not found much of that problem on SI.
BTW, I e-mailed Yahoo about the incredible amount of SPAM, and suggested ways they could at least restrict those SPAMMERS that post the same URL on hundreds of threads, and got an e-mail back that pretty much said, reading between the lines, they aren't going to do anything about it.
I have wondered if one spent some time checking out the hyped stocks, one could make money by buying them quick, then shorting them, or by some other tactic. But I doubt I could be that agile. Any thoughts?
Another question is, when reading Yahoo posts from people you don't know at all, reporting rumors, what employees are saying, the past good or bad personal history of executives, etc., can you take any of it at face value? Is it possible to constructively winnow Yahoo posts?
Geoff Wren |
