Replies to post #11516 on The Question and Answer Board (IHUB)

[excel]

Original. Can you please go back and read my posts over again?

You said.............
Suggesting the hiding of the Jail Board would only serve to cover up, tuck away, and hide, the problems that IHUB was developed to overcome as an Investor's Message Board. If we ever hope to have a sensible safe and communal place to congregate, in my humble opinion, the Jail Board at IHUB must remain visible at all times, to all posters, for all reasons.

After reading them ask yourself if I said at ANY time in my posts to HIDE the jail board?

See if you can find in ANY posts where I didn't think the jail board was necessary?

I think the jail board should be on the HOME PAGE with a brief description showing the consequences of what happens to posters who come to I-hub with the RB/Yahoo posting mentality!


Excel
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http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=959

[Bob Zumbrunnen]

To eliminate the JAIL board from the list of active boards on IHUB would be akin to striking the News Media in the Real World

Another aspect of the Jail board I like a LOT is that it doesn't completely shut anyone out of the site, even during suspensions. If someone thinks Matt made a bad call, they can make their case there.

In any event, its presence on the Hot Boards list, while arguably "unsavory", is definitely accurate. Whether or not it speaks poorly of the site, it speaks truthfully, and that's what matters.

I'm not very knowledgeable about Motley Fool anymore (it really surprised me to see their total message count), but of iHub, SI, RB, and Yahoo, what iHub and SI share that are *extremely* important to me, and that you highlight so nicely in your post, is "accessibility".

Matt and I *live* this site. As does Jeff at SI. As did I there. Heck, not to toot my own horn, but it accurately depicts the way we are about our sites: I was horribly sick last night and feel like death warmed over today. Scarcely the energy to whine about how awful I feel. But I couldn't resist checking in and posting.

At RB and Yahoo (and, regretably, to a certain extent on SI), the message boards are just a profit center. Eyeballs to display ads to. At iHub and to a certain extent SI (especially with Jeff and somewhat with John), it's just "what we do". A hobby with a profit motive. Unlike at Yahoo and RB, we at SI and iHub do our jobs not because we have to, but because we want to.

Come to think of it, I think the first time I was ever quoted in the WSJ, it was something to the effect of "This is the kind of job you'd gladly do for free." Which was while I was a contractor to SI but not yet an employee of Go2Net, which likely had a negative impact on my salary negotiations. <g>

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go lay on the couch and feel sorry for myself until I fall into a fitful sleep. :)