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Re: dakota3 post# 177910

Monday, 10/15/2012 8:05:31 PM

Monday, October 15, 2012 8:05:31 PM

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gee whiz guys this board is getting awfully negative-bbda is trying to become something and everyone is second guessing their every move-if you don't like the company ok but do you have to be so negative-after all most of these comments are pure speculation....


I would have to agree. Here's my take FWIW. The only real purpose to be here is to make money. What we have here is what I call unbalanced posting.

What is balanced? Take me, for instance. I post both good and bad things about BBDA or BBDA mgmt, but I try to be more positive than negative (or I would have left long ago). If one is long, it only makes sense that they be more positve than negative. Both things exist with any stock. But the fact that one is long should show in their posts (more positive than negative). If more negative than positive, isn't that a good reason to be short? The reverse is also true.

The problem we have here is we have some that post 100% positive and folks that are 100% negative. Both are unbalanced. It's almost a fight to go overboard to balance out the other side's posts. It happens in my house. My wife is going to vote for Obama, so I'm voting for Romney to cancel her vote...LOL. It's no longer about both candidates sucking, but rather a contest.

That's what we have here. My suggestion for a better board is to do two things. Everyone post all facts found (good or bad) and speculation is OK, but should be more balanced. If one is long, try to be more balanced with at least 51% positive speculation. If one is short, then the opposite is true. Due to the difficulty of shorting penny stocks, my guess is that number is pretty small as most here are retail with brokers that won't allow shorting of penny stocks.

Yet, it seems that the balance of negative to positive is way out of whack when the price is moving down and the opposite when moving up. It's the same company, same mgmt and same data. It's either good (then jump in) or bad (jump out and find something else that is good). It's becoming unfun to read and participate on the board. This a journey. The destination will either be very good or very bad, but the journey can always be good...it's a matter of choice.

Just some thoughts to consider.

In the absence of that which is not, that which is, is not.