Welcome to the moderated Silicon Investor message board for Immunomedics. The goal is to have a forum for civil discourse concerning IMMU without flame wars.
Please observe the following courtesies:
> No personal attacks or insults. Period. It'll help if you make it plain when you're joking. If in doubt, please use an emoticon. Here are more than you ever want to know about. en.wikipedia.org.
> We're past the phase of he being heavy-handed with bans. There's history here, and I'll be glad to fill you in if you ask. If you're new, I'd recommend treading lightly, as the SI admins are watching.
> We're not at all interested in squelching opposing viewpoints. We very much value them. Feel free to disagree with someone all you want. Just do it in a civil fashion. And please back up your opinion with a fact or two if possible. Feelings and intuition are important, but facts are more important. That said, if you have a timeline for events that spell trouble for the company, that's perfectly legitimate and welcome.
> Please don't bother with "This is going to the moon by <fill in date here>". We have no more interest in baseless, vague gushing than we do in baseless, vague bashing. Ditto for "big news just around the corner!!!! BUY NOW!!!!!".
Q: Why not use the existing SI IMMU board?
A: Because of the recent iVillage experience. It took a grand total of a week for the tone of that board to descend into the gutter, and I assume that the same thing will happen on the unmoderated SI board. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I'm also frustrated.
Update: We almost certainly could have used the unmoderated board. It turns that the SI administrators are ready and willing to banish people from SI completely for uncivil behavior. I was not prepared for a forum where the Terms of Use are taken seriously and enforced <G>. SIAdmin (Dave) and SI Spam Patrol (Cheeky kid) are our friends <G>...
It's probably worth reviewing the SI Terms Of Use (http://www.siliconinvestor.com/terms.aspx). It's apparent that the admins interpret this rather broadly, so the usual sophistries people engage in when trying to skate close to the edge get short shrift. My personal summary of the TOU is "play nice, be adult".
Again, let me emphasize that much of the tone of this introduction is a result of recent experiences on open forums. It may be completely over the top. I ask you to give this forum a chance and see if you like it.
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