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To: Bernard Ng who wrote (8694)	11/3/2000 10:55:16 PM
From: Wayne Rumball	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 11130

Oh goody. SI wants to turn into a ragingbull garbage dump; Friday, November 3, 2000 9:01 PM ET From: Silicon Investor Dear Silicon Investor Members: I am sending you this note to tell you about an initiative that we have been working on over the past few months and will begin to roll out shortly. Our goal is to enhance the current Silicon Investor site while adding a whole new dimension to our community. Below is an explanation of what we are doing along with a brief Q&A to answer some questions you may have. As always, I will be monitoring the boards for your feedback and questions. You can also send me a PM if you wish. As you probably know, Silicon Investor is now part of InfoSpace. InfoSpace has developed a number of business partnerships with key players in the financial markets. One aspect of these relationships is that InfoSpace will be providing message board technologies for these partners' web sites. Over the next couple of weeks we will be building a new set of message boards called “Public Boards” that will include one new board dedicated to each U.S. ticker symbol. Our business partners such as TheStreet.com will integrate these Public Boards into their sites. Their users will be able to read all the Silicon Investor boards and post to these Public Boards. We also plan make these Public Boards available on Silicon Investor. Premium Members (i.e. those of you who have paid or been grand fathered in as Premium Members) will have the option to view and post on these boards or, at your discretion, filter them out. Basic SI members (i.e. those of you who have registered for free) will also be able to post on the Public Boards. Posting on the existing SI message boards will, of course be reserved for SI Premium Members only. So, the bottom line is that we will be adding a new dimension to the SI community. We will be introducing a new set of message boards where SI members can interact at their discretion with members of other select financial communities. I hope the following Q&A section answers some of the questions you may have. Q. What are these Public Boards? A. A new set of ticker-based message boards that will be used by our business partners and SI Basic Members. SI Premium Members such as yourself can use them if you wish. Q. What are the Premium Boards? A. Premium Boards include the existing set of subjects and messages in the existing StockTalk Forums. Posting on the Premium Boards is reserved for Premium Members. Premium Members may also create new Premium Subjects in the same way that you have always done. Q: How will these Public Boards affect SI in the short term? A. Effectively they won't. You may notice some minor changes like additional subjects in the subject counter, but there will be no real short-term changes to SI. Q. What will the long-term effect of the Public Boards be on SI and its members? A. We plan to make the Public Boards available on SI. Premium Members will have the option to view and post on these boards if they wish. Alternatively, Premium Members can “hide” the Public Boards, at their option. Q. Does this mean SI is going to be a free site? A. No. The Premium Boards, as they have always been, will continue to be a subscription service. Use of Premium Boards and certain other features will be reserved for Premium members. Q. Does this mean that non-paying members can post on existing SI threads? A. No, the current SI boards are all Premium Boards and thus are reserved for Premium SI Members. Additionally, new boards created by Premium SI members will be reserved for Premium Members. Q. How and when can I get access to the Public Boards? A. A future enhancement will allow both Premium and Basic SI members to optionally view the Public Boards. We will let you know when this is available. Q. How will I know which boards are Premium and which ones are Public. A. If you choose to view the public boards we will note them with an Icon. Q. Will this degrade the quality of the community? A. Absolutely not. First, existing and new boards created by SI Premium Members will be reserved for SI Premium Members. So there will be no change to the existing site or community. Second, the SI Terms of Use will be strictly enforced on the Public Boards. SI Bob will be on the prowl with reinforcements. Q. What if I like SI the way it is and don't want the Public Boards? A. Not a problem. You will have the option to filter them out We are excited about providing the ability to extend the SI community while maintaining the quality of the current site and community. As always your feedback is encouraged and welcomed. Sincerely, Mike Coddington Managing Director, Silicon Investor