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To: mr.mark who wrote (13186)	8/25/2000 4:36:51 PM
From: Henry Volquardsen	Respond to of 32887

agreed

To: mr.mark who wrote (13186)	8/25/2000 5:30:30 PM
From: bob	Respond to of 32887

<<who could possibly be surprised by the huge drop in number of posts? >> Yep... So I still keep in touch with the best...SI's loss? You bet! "I get by with a little help from my friends"

To: mr.mark who wrote (13186)	9/6/2000 4:13:28 AM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Respond to of 32887

mr. mark, Yes, the loss of Classic took with it an unrevealed number of long time SI posters. The end of an era I suppose. However, in all fairness, Classic is not the only reason for the reduction in sheer numbers of posts. In the early days, there weren't many desirable options for posting. You basically had SI, Yahoo!, AOL and Motley Fool. And then there was a small myriad of second tier boards. Quality competition for the big 4 was practically non-existent. Today there are many more quality options available, including the ability to post on non-stock threads (roughly the equivalent of our Coffee Shop threads). People that used to post here, now post elsewhere, on boards or threads more geared to their specific interests. Through enforcement of the ToU, many of the potty mouthed posters were ultimately banished from SI. Raging Bull seems to be the preferred site for these trash posters to hype their BB crap now. And let's be honest. The crappy BB stocks did generate one heckuva lotta posts back then (admittedly, mostly trash and hype). The rising threat of lawsuits is undoubtedly having an effect on people freely expressing opinions, even on legitimate stocks (witness the farcical lawsuit brought by Credit Suisse First Boston against Yahoo!-ELAN posters who dared to question and ridicule numerous negative opinions offered by a CSFB analyst on ELAN's share price prospects). Then too, many of the posts were on threads led by the so-called stock gurus or stock mavens. Most of these threads are now inactive, and most of these groups have dispersed elsewhere. One of the gurus is (to the best of my knowledge) still under investigation by the SEC, and may still be involved in legal actions with them. Along about March or so of this year, many traders were taken out of the game when the NASDAQ high flyers, along with many other stocks came to a crashing end. Dot-coms, tech stocks, you-name-it... They all seemed to die at the same time, and with the loss of value came the loss for the need to post (and hype) these stocks. Day trading seems to be losing its initial appeal also. Yes, there are still competent and careful day traders around, but the minions that hocked everything they owned to raise the minimum $25K required by most day trading firms are now all but broke, and they no longer have the need to post or read other posts. They're no longer in the game. Even in the general population, stocks are no longer the center of attention that they were only 6 months ago. People are losing interest. It's really not surprising given that stocks have basically moved sideways for months now, and most of the high flyers no longer soar like they used to. So, it seems to me that there are many reasons why posting on SI is declining in numbers. However, I find that for the most part, the quality of the posts today far exceeds the average quality from about 2 years ago. Just my viewpoint though. KJC