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To: Spekulatius who wrote (52617)	10/28/2013 12:42:55 PM
From: Jurgis Bekepuris	Respond to of 78774

Siliconinvestor's slow slide into obsolescence Why do you think this is the case? I don't see any new negatives really (not counting the coming ads at Nov 1, but that's more of a business issue, not obsolescence issue). seekingalpha (lot's of poorly written Articles but also some good commentators), Seekingalpha is crap IMHO. Way too much noise to signal. I just don't have time to wade through the stuff. Gurufocus Is there a discussion forum on Gurufocus? Honestly, I look at various places and SI Value Investing + Buffettology (dead) + Magic Formula (mostly dead) + Dale's thread (I've fallen behind on it ;)) are still the best concentrated value idea places. Sure, Brooklyn Investor blog is great too, but he covers only few companies. Other than that, I haven't found much worth following. I guess part of it is knowing the people. If you or Paul Senior or Shane or Dale post, I know (more or less) who you are and where you are coming from. If I go to some new-value-investing-forum, there's a steep curve of learning new people. It would probably work out in couple months if I had time, but I don't. Also, I personally don't like company-centered message boards like SeekingAlpha or cornerofberkshireandfairfax.ca (mostly?). As I said above, I'd rather be dealing with consistent group of people who throw out different ideas/companies, than dealing with a single company board where tons of random people post their impressions or analysis. Mostly, I am looking for lots of ideas in a single place and not a 10-page back and forth of how corn ethanol pricing will impact CF (as an example). That's why I don't follow most of AAPL/GOOG/MSFT boards unless they have very little traffic. Anyway, you are right about one thing: if the community leaves, there won't be any benefit to hang out at SI. I'm staying. At least while you guys are around. :)