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To: sandintoes who wrote (17360)	5/20/2003 10:27:15 AM
From: SI Bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32944

What new sections are you contemplating for the site? Don't hold me to any of the specifics yet, as a lot of this stuff is still in the "vision" stage, but one possibility I'm contemplating is a separate category for the site where only I or any other admin can create boards, and them having a more generic focus. Nasdaq Stocks, being an example of a board that would be created. Freebies would be able to talk about INTC, CSCO, JNPR, etc all they want, but all within one thread. With 1-post-per-day access to the existing "Premium" threads. Hopefully they'd get enough of a taste of the site and especially the value of the company-specific threads that they'd pony up. The model I like is something we've compared to crack. Message boards can be just as addictive. Give everyone a little taste for free and offer to sell them "the good stuff". Whatever solution I end up deciding on, the main thing is that I want to give everyone the ability to post here for free, a limited number of posts, and in limited areas, and not have access to some of the better features like Search. And the features I'll eventually be able to add to the site. But I don't want to compromise the overall elite way I and others see this site. PS. I got to do my first suspension yesterday. A brief one for a blurted-out vulgarity. Had forgotten how much I really hated actually having to push that button.