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To: Jamie153 who wrote (480122)	9/26/2021 2:53:33 PM
From: cosmicforce	3 Recommendations Recommended By bentway Cautious_Optimist S. maltophilia Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541055

>> To tell you the truth I don't know why anyone comes here. It is a backwater with people a few of us have known virtually for years. I came here after my wife joined and I found Usenet became more and more unusable after all the AOL and Compuserve noobs who had low computer skills and loud opinions started hanging out. And then we had 9/11, Bush, Cheney, Iraq and all that stuff. It was the happening place 20 years ago before the DotCom bubble, and there was a IRL party where we met staff, admins and programmers at a beach near San Francisco. Later SI almost went extinct - it got sold off later to KnightSac (a private equity firm, whoever they are). That was maybe 7-10 years ago - it was already in steep decline. Once this was an exciting high traffic site that was relevant for the Investment Community - the "Politics" section was a minor sideline over in the "Coffee Shop" area - it was a message board that was better than Yahoo at its peak because there were some controls. SiliconInvestor looks like it is frozen in time because it is - the page code hasn't changed much except for the Recommend button in 20+ years.

To: Jamie153 who wrote (480122)	9/26/2021 3:37:52 PM
From: ralfph	3 Recommendations Recommended By alwaysbmiki bentway cosmicforce Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541055

I come here for the thoughtful exchange of ideas from a informed community - I make decent money based on trends I pick up from some smart investors. The white fweedumb red necks and conspiracy nuts along with the trump rectal consumers, I find good for a laugh. The anti vaxers anti mask anti science crowd? Remind me just how gullible and ignorant the human populace is on the whole What more do you want?