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To: mishedlo who wrote (102060)	9/16/2009 3:52:09 PM
From: Jim McMannis	5 Recommendations Respond to of 116555

You clearly help SI...as all posters do. You more than most. These BBs need to understand their content comes basically for free or even better, people pay to post. It's the ease of use and right level of monitoring that makes one better than the other.

To: mishedlo who wrote (102060)	9/16/2009 3:57:42 PM
From: ItsAllCyclical	11 Recommendations Respond to of 116555

Hey Bob, you're a complete fool if you drive Mish away.

To: mishedlo who wrote (102060)	9/16/2009 3:59:45 PM
From: SliderOnTheBlack	25 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

re" ["If I cannot post links to my blog for discussion, then I am gone after a final farewell message." -- Mish] Yo comrade Bob, Mish won't be alone. SOTB

To: mishedlo who wrote (102060)	9/16/2009 4:07:32 PM
From: John McCarthy	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Whats hard to understand? (a) We come to SI - click on your blog - and then ALWAYS come back to SI ... (b) There is MUCH LESS INCENTIVE to come to SI - in the 1st place - if the blog can't be reached from SI. Its the best of both worlds ..... In summary, its material on the blog that adds "value" to SI .... This SUCKS .... regards John

To: mishedlo who wrote (102060)	9/16/2009 4:13:57 PM
From: philv	1 Recommendation Respond to of 116555

I can't see the harm in clicking on your blog. Will do that with or without SI, but probably not as often, so we all lose. And S.I. loses a well known and respected commentator.

To: mishedlo who wrote (102060)	9/16/2009 4:19:25 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Mish, have read your blog for years, and I haven't the slightest inclination to "leave SI." I also read many others letters, blogs, articles, etc. Au contraire, 'readers' have left SI because they were burned in their investments, in the tech bubble (elminated perhaps 75% of the posters I'd WAG). There was undoubtedly some rebuilding of traffic up until the meltdown last year. That, methinks, eliminated another large swatch. Talk about faulty reasoning. Does that average reader at SI only look for a single opinion? Not any more. They were erased in '00 and '08. A simpleminded yet probably accurate way to view readership variations would be to plot page hits versus e.g. the DOW, the S&P, a real estate index, and soon the price of gold. Then maybe it will seem easier to understand.

To: mishedlo who wrote (102060)	9/16/2009 5:18:02 PM
From: Hawkmoon	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

I concur with you Mish. Maybe you can cut a deal with Bob and put up some banner ads on your blogsite to SI.. Drive some traffic here. This is a non-zero sum game and a winner for both of you. Hawk

To: mishedlo who wrote (102060)	9/16/2009 5:26:44 PM
From: tntpal	8 Recommendations Respond to of 116555

Mish, the information and insights that you supply on SI via your posts & occasional blog are insightful, informative, and indispensable to understanding the Markets. SI is the main source that I use for fresh investment ideas and you are in the top 5 on my list of SI posters who contribute a great depth of knowledge to this forum. If you leave SI, the loss to the reputation of SI would be very great. Hopefully this issue can be resolved amicably with SI-BOB very soon. You add great credibility & worth to SI.

To: mishedlo who wrote (102060)	9/16/2009 8:43:30 PM
From: dave9	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Mish, I followed when you left Fool.com and started posting here. It's been a while. Is it time to change / grow / mature? Must be a pain to keep multiple sources up to date. Don't forget the family. Everything has a priority. The board here is good for open discussion and throwing things out. Seems like lately it has been too open but the real issue is that there are more points of view. Too popular? SI ain't as good a place to put out the more formal analysis like blogspot. SI's strength use to be it's ability to bring a collection of like nuts together for group discussion. Seems like that don't work anymore. You are working on subject A, another group is chatting about global warming or eating tuna and others are dissing each other over something that happened a year ago. The beginning here was a discussion. A board to look at changes in the foundation of the economy. We smelled something out there it was not healthy. I wonder how long until someone puts out that the American markets are an open market system and no one at, say, GS has inside information? The analysis got real good. At one time, there was a we when we were digging for information we found it and you wrote it up. Good learning environment. It changed to more thoughtful analysis. Remember all the arguments about how housing bubbles in limited markets in California and Florida will not bring about a national recession? Say, what ever happened to that broker in Atlanta? Anyway, what I am saying is if you want to close this board or simplify your life, go for it. I bet your family would appreciate the extra time. How much advertisement do you get from this anyway? I always considered this board and the time I spent my bad habit. Addicting. - muns, munsode, munson, david, etc.

To: mishedlo who wrote (102060)	9/16/2009 9:14:26 PM
From: Bill on the Hill	8 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

SI Bob, Another one..... From a grandfathered member. If you are censoring Mish please let me know. I will delete my bookmark for SI and leave as well if this has become a new or newly enforced old rule. I consider SI my home20 and hope to continue using this wonderful site. I always come to Mish's SI thread before I go to his site. SI in my opinion is the cream of the crop of websites because you all have let the convicts rule the place. Times change I guess. Not always in good ways. Bill on the Hill note Sent to SI Bob via private mail. If I don't talk to you all again here maybe it will be on some other cyber site. I hope it is here. both