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To: MythMan who wrote (324815)	7/19/2006 1:06:26 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 436258

Re Yahoo. From the street dot com... Fanfare Eludes Yahoo! Finance Makeover Kevin Kelleher TheStreet.com Contributor 7/18/2006 11:02 AM EDT thestreet.com /snippet Let's start with the message boards. Yahoo!'s stock boards have long been the most active online community of investors, long and short. You either love it or hate it, depending on what you're looking for. If you have a thick skin and favor anonymity, sarcasm, the caps-lock key and long, off-topic discussions designed to antagonize, then this is the place for you. If you want information and want it quickly, you're in the wrong place. /end snippet more.. /snippet This was clearly intended to make the boards more useful, but on Monday it had the opposite effect. Instead of calm and order, the boards -- especially the one for Yahoo!'s own stock ticker -- were a great Kabuki-fest of revolt, outrage and hyperbole. /end snippet and... /snippet The censors at TheStreet.com would rather not reprint the complaints here /end snippet. -LOL-