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To: Bill Wexler who wrote (4944)	1/25/1998 3:56:00 AM
From: Jenna	Respond to of 120523

Off topic but of General Interest....... SI, a site started two years ago in San Jose, Calif., by brothers Jeff and Brad Dryer. While the Dryers intended SI for high-tech stocks discussions, it has mushroomed beyond their wildest dreams. "Seventy percent of all online financial discussion takes place on SI," the company boasts. While the Dryers intended SI for high-tech stocks discussions, it has mushroomed beyond their wildest dreams. "Seventy percent of all online financial discussion takes place on SI," the company boasts. Jill McKinney, the "Webmistress" running SI, says 8,500 messages are posted a day and page views top 3.5 million. SI has 100,000 registered users, now charged US$125 for a lifetime membership - the price is set to jump to US$200 at the end of this month. Reading the threads is free. "Canadian stock chat threads are an enormous amount of traffic for us," McKinney notes. "Canadian users make up 15% of our users. These people have a very strong sense of community." She is the only cop for this network. "We do not and cannot read every incoming post. Every now and then we have flame wars, profanity and vulgarity, personal attacks; people bring it to our attention. I send warnings, issue three-, five- or seven-day suspensions. I terminate a person once a week."