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Wamook

01/18/10 4:11 PM

#138919 RE: marayatano #138913

Thank you Maryatano.

I don't post that much but I've been here since day one.

I've had experience with stock boards going back to the mid nineties.

When I post an opinion like this on the board, suddenly six or seven different names start zinging each other with one liners. The message moves off the top and back into history. And complaints start rolling in from PM and to the board monitors. I'm not concerned by this.

There are a lot of people that "work the board" this way. And they see it as a cheering section that should be full of wildly enthusiastic people. They want only good news and optimistic projection.

And this is why all the brokerages have successfully positioned us as being out on the lunatic fringe.

One must skim a board and find the people who put both thought and experience into their posts to get any real information, but also bear in mind that some very intelligent people write only one liners on the board. And some of the boo-Yeah crowd are actually in sync too sometimes.

Optimism for me is simply a little less pessimism.