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To: The Street who wrote (17957)	9/7/1998 11:43:00 AM
From: Dipsey	Respond to of 116795

Who benefits? The nature of this question is similar to the old adage of "watch where the money goes" when trying to understand a financial scam. When an individual posts on SI they have a purpose, nominally to exchange information. When an individual generates hundreds of posts possessing little or no substance, but rather consisting of the malignment of others and denigration of their comments and opinions, one should rightly attempt to determine the motive. Hypothesis: Were one the manager of a hedge fund with large short positions in gold/gold stocks it would be very much in your interests to interrupt and confuse the exchange of information and to cast doubt among investors. Even if only moderately successful it would perhaps provide some additional time with which to unwind a large losing position and lessen the loss. Shills are cheap. Just some thoughts from a lurker. Regards, Dipsey