I have no idea where the rumor comes from.. and in fact, I have never heard of it.
By the way, I have taken 3 weeks off from going into the pit, I wouldn't know any rumor outthere.
and be honest, I learnt about your site before I knew about the pit... and I believe... the hub and the pit are different sites... you're building your message board system from ground... and they use existing software...
The pit should have enough financial power to do anything they want, and I know the pit is a really BIG business, you'd probably can't see anything just from the site... and you still need angel investors... those who spread the rumor might be afraid that your site will go online before the pit for whatever reasons. You can tell the people from your old posts on SI about when did you have the plan on setting up the hub... those are the facts!
I think it's all about competition here... and the idea to innvovate.
Even though you'll use Digichat in your site... it doesn't mean you're copying them... and I knew you didn't even know about the pit and you've made a decision on using Digichat... I can be the witness...
Just work hard on the site, Matt!
After my "vacation" I would jump in both the hub and the pit to make full force posting and trading!
signed,
Bernard
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