The Jailhouse

[Koikaze]

Joe, on September 16th, I had the privilege of starting a board as a repository for helpful information posted on some of the stock boards on iHub. Several things have flowed from this effort:

1) In looking for material, I've been amazed that the number of people who express their happiness at being able to post on iHub without being subjected to the mindless attacks of flamers, attacks which offended them at other sites.

2) I've been overwhelmed by the amount of absolutely marvelous investing ideas and guidance being offered, without charge, on iHub. There is so much great material that I can't even begin to scratch the surface of it all.

The juxtaposition of these two points is striking. Matt has kept iHub free of trash posters, and, lo and behold, the valuable posters which are an asset have come flocking to iHub.

Now, over the past several days, I've been trying to explain this to the inmates of the iHub jail in a gentle, encouraging way. For whatever reasons, they have not understood the message or accepted the need to adjust their behavior, so I will state it more clearly:

Investor's Hub seeks to attract people who will participate in the kind of intelligent, helpful posting characterized by the material referred to in the second post, above. Investor's Hub has absolutely no interest in keeping the kind of nastiness those people are coming to iHub to escape.

Joe, on September 29th at 11:24:30 PM in Post #5693, you described what YOU are and what YOU like:

I am a "flame warrior" and that's one of the reasons I enjoy posting on the threads. I like to witness the conflicts, the changes, and the comedy of stock threads.

You repeated the sentiment as recently as last night. As long as you maintain that attitude, you are not welcome on iHub. If and when you decide to renounce that attitude, I'll think about the way you express it and decide how sincere I believe you to be. In the meantime, there is no urgent need for us to communicate.

Fred

For those interested, you'll find my meagre compilation of excellent investment commentary at #board-1351