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To: Justin C who wrote (17986)	5/30/2003 10:33:04 AM
From: Matt Brown	Respond to of 32871

>>In SI's heyday of the late '90s, the things that seemed to make SI rock were the relative newness of message boards, A tiny, tiny percentage of people that trade stocks/invest are even aware of message boards. There is a massive market out there of potential new participants in these forums. And certainly plenty of financial geniuses, like SI had in droves at one time. We'll need to pursue them, instead of relying solely on word of mouth. >>a booming market, I trade the market pretty regularly. I've commented a few times that it has shown signs of the 1999-type days. Nothing sustained, but the market appears to be trying to get some mojo flowing. >>and an abundance of message-posters who were interesting, humorous, and civil writers. I think the SI popluation can grow many times over. We've only seen round one of this community. >>Is it realistic to expect that these things will return? Bob and I are certainly betting they will. >>The newness aspect can't be resurrected, a booming market isn't likely, and the return of the quality writers who've left SI or significantly reduced their postings is doubtful. I think round two of a market boom and SI, will have plenty of fresh faces and a more sophisticated/intelligent "current" population.