Yes, the frenzied activity and shouting is a turn off, but there are some high-quality posters there. My favorites are walldiver and clarksterh.
The scariest part is the way the board will reco almost anything with a trace of bullishness. (E.g., I got 30 reco’s just for saying I had bought shares.)
Thanks to walldiver’s ReadMeFirst file (#msg-6071358), those interested in following DNDN can find 95% of what they need without ever setting foot on Yahoo.
“The efficient-market hypothesis may be the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated in any area of human knowledge!”