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To: Jeffry K. Smith who wrote (5718)	10/2/1999 10:12:00 AM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7772

Jeff- I'm sure many will agree with the sentiments expressed in your thoughtful and well-written post. "Money" has always brought out the worst sides of people, and some do react with personal character attacks when their positions are challenged. It has been the way with SI for a long time and probably always will be. You get used to it. It is interesting how people seem to become vested in a particular SI board. There are SI threads where the stock has essentially died a long time ago, but where the thread goes on and on, with the same people talking to each other ad infinitum (e.g., MYNG, FAMH, many others). I guess it's all part of the "belonging" need we all have. In any case, people do become very protective of "their thread." Most individual stock boards are begun by longs who believe in the stock and who share that common interest. If the stock is successful, eventually the short sellers drop by to advocate their negative views. Presto, you have oil and water trying to mix and things start getting nasty. I guess none of us would be spending our time making these posts if we didn't (secretly?) enjoy these contentious exchanges. Perhaps out of all the mud-slinging, some middle ground of enlightenment emerges that actually does benefit us all. I think the key thing is never to take any of this stuff too seriously. By the way, some interesting psychological profiles have been written about the personalities of longs versus shorts. They give quite a good insight into why certain personality types are attracted to the one style of investing as opposed to the other. I hope you enjoy good luck with eBay, whatever type of position you have in it, if any. I have been in and out of it many times with very good overall results. My own feeling is that this is a good time to be long in eBay, regardless of what the ultimate future for eBay or the internets in general may turn out to be.