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To: Dave Gore who wrote (1908)	7/22/1998 7:18:00 PM
From: Mr.Manners	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32936

***OT*** Hey Dave, you haven't shown me my 1 post where I bashed a stock yet. Nor how I'm part of any group. Nor how I haven't answered any questions.. but still you refuse these. I've been asking ever since you accused me. It's been days. Your slander and malice won't work on anyone.. even though you've convinced yourself. Delusions like that are no substitute for DD.

To: Dave Gore who wrote (1908)	7/22/1998 9:43:00 PM
From: CatLady	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32936

Dave, One small thing for you to think about. Yahoo chose to eliminate their penny stock threads rather than spend the time and effort to police them. Should SI do the same?

To: Dave Gore who wrote (1908)	7/22/1998 9:57:00 PM
From: marcos	Respond to of 32936

Dave - go ahead, loosen up, tell us how you really feel. Don't hold it in. Those paranoid delusions can do terrible things to your mind all bottled up. This is the planetary centre of stock discussion here at SI, the Big Mango - if you can make it here you can make it anywhere. Think of it as a challenge when you're choosing the next flavour of non-reporting bulletin board paper to pump. Just remember that while you're hypeing it, anyone else has the right to ask just what it really is. Some will, so get used to it. Look around you - observe the many threads on so many companies and on general topics, observe the free flow of intelligence and information and critical analysis and humour in between the chaff, observe the great efficiency and ease of access with which Brad and Jeff have provided us - and ask yourself - "Does SI live or die on what a few bulletin board thread hypesters think or say?". Verily I say unto thee - thou art a fly among swatters. Wise up, my son. And pretty please with a cherry on top - don't use caps when spelling 'marcos' #reply-5281681

To: Dave Gore who wrote (1908)	7/22/1998 10:44:00 PM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32936

Hi Dave, Just finished reading your rather lengthy post, and a few more you posted after that one. It seems to me that the answer to ALL the problems you mentioned would be for SI to eliminate OTC-BB stocks from the threads. After all, that is THE one common thread among all of the disagreements. Of course that would mean that all of the penny hypesters would be out of business here, and they'd have to go to one of the "other" chat boards like Raging Bull or AOL or Yahoo. Whoops! Not Yahoo. They've already done away with the pennies. In looking deeper into the "problem" threads, they all seem to have other things in common: a) Non-reporting companies b) Often vague and useless press releases interpreted as a gift from the Gods for shareholders by the hypesters c) Usually the companies are in multiple, non-related lines of business d) High degree of resentment towards anyone who actually chooses to discuss the risks of the investment e) Inherent beliefs that all MMs are evil, all Canadians are shorters, and the Canadian MMs are the worst f) "Longs" who are ready and willing to blame others for any downturn in the stock price g) People who think that finding a press release or telephoning the company CEO is actually excellent DD h) People who think that the SEC is not a good source of information and that external audits are just a bunch of hooey that doesn't apply to penny stocks i) Usually one or more "free" newsletter writers posting on the thread j) Cheerleaders and usually more than just one or two So why don't we try a two week trial period with no posts to or about penny stocks allowed? Of course I'm being facetious. The penny threads are where we find all the fun and hype and everything else. And we'd miss all those people who think that their penny stock (aka Mycompany) is the best OTC-BB to come along: "Mycompany is not a bad investment..." "Mycompany is not a scam..." "I'll be the first to make my fortune in the pennies with Mycompany..." and so on... KJC