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To: Provider who wrote (33490)	2/11/2009 10:10:17 PM
From: SI Bob	Respond to of 78659

That is all SO true. When we acquired the site back in 03, part of it was out of my personal affinity for the site, part of it was being pretty sure it would be a wise investment, and a huge part of it was seeing the writing on the wall and not wanting to see the lights turned off and this community and its history disappearing into the ether. Guess I'm still on topic because I consider SI a value investment. Of a very real and big kind personally. As you said, you can't really measure quality. Though you can measure some of its side benefits. And quality people attract more quality people. Which can be measured. And it really is the Community that makes for the quality. Dave and I just run the joint. Though Dave does do his part for quality by keeping the miscreants at bay. And when he has to bit-smack someone publicly, it's often in a quality, funny way. Anyway, long way of saying that SI's reputation for quality remains, even after all these years, and even though iHub is, by a huge margin, the busier of the two sites. And that we have a reputation for quality can't be discounted as a reason the things that can be quantified are growing as Joe Everyman decides now might be the time to research and possibly buy some quality, name-brand stocks.