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To: MiriamsSon who wrote (10664)	4/5/1998 3:55:00 PM
From: Mark[ox5]	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27968

I was in debt for a couple hundred grand MS! Please share if it is not too personal how you made that money back??? I need to get into that investment!!! Yikes Val K

To: MiriamsSon who wrote (10664)	4/5/1998 4:00:00 PM
From: CO	Respond to of 27968

MiriamsSon, My post was not intended to be directed at you. I am sorry if you took it that way. There have just been numerous posters (like the person who posted a harmful false press release) that have taken advantage of the visitor program. And I have run into several the last couple of weeks. I don't mind people presenting their opinions and thoughts on a stock. What I do object to is, people coming on just for the sake of harassing the current shareholders when they have no intention of ever actually joining SI. There have been people taking on multiple personalities for the sake of either hyping or bashing a stock. And I dislike both approaches. Bashing or hyping only hurts the shareholders. I know there are a lot of good people that are just checking out SI to see if it is worthwhile. I am not opposed to that. It is just too bad that a few people make a very bad impression for everyone. And I guess I have run into all of the bad ones lately. The money has never really been the issue. Cheryl

To: MiriamsSon who wrote (10664)	4/5/1998 4:04:00 PM
From: John Fairbanks	Respond to of 27968

Cheryl's point about the visitor program is simply that it is being abused. None of us have problems with new people coming in, and if the visitors are simply investors wanting to try the service that's great. I completely agree though that a few people are seriously abusing the program by creating multiple personalities and by using it as a way to accomplish their own agendas. Someone once said that SI is complete based on trust. I can tell you that in the couple of years I have been a member I have gotten to know some really great people. I have found a handfull of people that if they tell me a stock is a good deal I know I can buy first and do my DD later, but only a very small handfull. Personally I'm tired of people running their mouths off in SI and not even having to post an email address. My profile contains a ton of info about me, and a link to my web site which has more. There isn't any cause to think that I am anyone other than who I say I am. When I post on a thread, it's because I either own the stock, or I'm doing DD. As soon as I decide not to invest I don't hang around harrassing everyone, I simply go find a stock I do want to invest in. I don't have any agenda other than the free exchange of information and the pooling of our investigative abilities. I also like to try and learn from the more experienced investors here, and I have actually gotten a good deal of my education here on SI. Personally, (and perhaps incorrectly) I feel that I am the kind of person that SI was designed for and if everyone followed the rules above that this would be a wonderful thing. Unfortunately it doesn't always work that way.