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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (90875)10/24/1999 7:24:00 PM
From: Richard Ruscio  Respond to of 186894
 
**OT**

Jim,

If I might add my 2 cents ...

I joined SI a year and a half ago, not so I could post a lot, but because I was hopeful the fee would keep out many of the less than perfect posters seen on the more public boards. Kind of a gated community sort of thing.

Mostly, it's worked out. These boards seem better than many.

They do deterioriate, occasionally. But not often.

I think the posting slowdown is a combo of SI downtime, and very confused markets.

BWDIK, YMMV.

rr



To: Jim McMannis who wrote (90875)10/24/1999 7:29:00 PM
From: jmac  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Couldn't agree more. I would not pay to get SI. The Internet is free baby.



To: Jim McMannis who wrote (90875)10/24/1999 10:41:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Re: "In reality, why should people have to pay to put up content? The concept is flawed..."

You're right Jim. SI should provide this service for free. It's our birthright. How dare they spend all that money for servers and infrastructure and then think they can actually charge people to use it! The nerve!!!!

EP



To: Jim McMannis who wrote (90875)10/24/1999 11:10:00 PM
From: dumbmoney  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
In reality, why should people have to pay to put up content? The concept is flawed...

I take it you have never checked out the Yahoo or Raging BS boards. If you had, you would observe that it is the "free posting" concept which is flawed (at least where there is no other mechanism to keep out the rabble).