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Biotech / Medical : Ligand (LGND) Breakout! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul Martin who wrote (15023)	2/13/1998 5:57:00 PM
From: Andrew H	Respond to of 32384

>> RUG RATS . Idiots and IMBECILES . I love the way you give them the respect they deserve. By NOT USING THEIR NAMES & Not responding to them . If EVERYONE would do the same they would be gone in no time. << You are really far to kind to them, but your point is well made.

To: Paul Martin who wrote (15023)	2/13/1998 7:15:00 PM
From: Henry Niman	Respond to of 32384

Paul, I haven't been responding for some time, but of course the post still go on and on. Some of these posters claim to have no postion in LGND and/or make up positions as they go. What they do is rather obvious to the regulars, but now with all of the new posters and lurkers, it would be nice if they just went away (but of course they cannot take a hint). Ignoring them has been tried in the past, but they can be so annoying that someone sooner or later responds and that is followed by post after post of giberish. Perhaps some of the newer members would like to comment to the webmistress, although I'm not sure it will do much good. Sometimes it looks like they just want to clutter up the thread so no one will read it.

To: Paul Martin who wrote (15023)	2/14/1998 9:40:00 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32384

Judging by the many new posters who have arrived and quickly complimented Henry for his hard work, it appears that his fans here don't actually qualify for "cult" status, as has been occasionally suggested on the thread. While I bought Ligand before I ever heard of Henry, I own a lot more of it because he keeps us more up-to-date than I could possibly have time to do on my own. The web site was a masterstroke for getting people's attention about Ligand's story and progress. As for negative posters, they are present on every thread I follow, and I assume they are on all the others. The 2 most prolific ones I know of are one in particular here (who has a personal axe to grind with Henry), and a guy on the Topro thread (who appears to be just a pure nutbag). I follow all of those negative posts, specifically to ensure that the poster has little or no knowledge of the company. If any of those guys ever started making sense, I'd definitely consider it a red flag. As it is, I'm thoroughly convinced that the main downsider here has never so much as picked up the annual report and read the chairman's letter (which would hardly be research, anyway). Only thing I really find lacking on the threads I follow are people who legitimately are disappointed in a company after thorough research. Those types don't post much, and that's a shame, because they could increase the quality of the discussion so much! OTOH: Maybe these's no one around today who thinks Ligand is overvalued. (:->)