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Exactly.  A very valid and true argument.  It is about time newsgroup =
users realised that they are not playing a computer game when they post =
to newsgroups, they are writing to real people.  Arguing/debating with =
someone about an issue is great, insulting people as part of your =
argument really is pointless and only serves to make the insulter look =
silly.   'Hey I disagree with what you say so therefore you're a =
slimeball'  Grow up...  <shrug>
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 Christopher Wilson wrote in article <33B846...@earthlink.net>...
MisterMike wrote:
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> > Does anybody else suspect this spam is the work of a slimeball =
hoping to
> > unethically influence the market value of a particular stock for =
personal
> > gain?  Me too.
>
> In a word, yes.

You're saying that you think a posting to a handful of newsgroups is
going to affect the value of an IPO that was initially worth
$33,000,000?  TDFX has been trading in fairly high volume - 181,000
shares were traded today, the daily was 300,000-500,000 every day last
week.  The price hasn't fluctuated much since the first day.  How,
exactly, are a handful of newsgroup denizens (primarily game groups,
mind you, and not one finance-related group) going to push the stock
value at all?

I don't know if this fellow's details were accurate, but the WSJ did, in
fact, make an error.  I'm also not entirely sure how unethical it is to
encourage people to invest in a security for personal gain or any other
reason.  People do that all the time.  Companies do it themsleves.  What
is wrong with this person saying, "Buy this security.  Because of x, I
believe it is undervalued and will correct soon."?  You might not, for
whatever reason, want the person as your personal financial advisor, but
I don't see how that makes him or her a 'slimeball'.

Christopher Wilson
wils...@earthlink.net


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<P><FONT face=3D"Comic Sans MS" size=3D2>Exactly.  A very valid and true =
argument. =20
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game when they post to newsgroups, they are writing to real people. =20
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as part=20
of your argument really is pointless and only serves to make the =
insulter look=20
silly.   'Hey I disagree with what you say so therefore you're a =
slimeball' =20
Grow up...  &lt;shrug&gt;</FONT>

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<HTML><BODY><FONT size=3D2>If you have any reply or comments to make =
about<BR>
this posting please could you send E-mail to me,<BR>
<A href=3D"mailto:ste...@itl.net">ste...@itl.net</A>.&nbsp; =
Cheers!</FONT>

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 Christopher Wilson<WILS...@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote in article=20
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<HTML><BODY><FONT size=3D2>MisterMike wrote:<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt; &gt; Does anybody else suspect this spam is the work of a slimeball =
hoping=20
to<BR>
&gt; &gt; unethically influence the market value of a particular stock =
for=20
personal<BR>
&gt; &gt; gain?&nbsp; Me too.<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt; In a word, yes.<BR>
<BR>
You're saying that you think a posting to a handful of newsgroups is<BR>
going to affect the value of an IPO that was initially worth<BR>
$33,000,000?&nbsp; TDFX has been trading in fairly high volume - =
181,000<BR>
shares were traded today, the daily was 300,000-500,000 every day =
last<BR>
week.&nbsp; The price hasn't fluctuated much since the first day.&nbsp; =
How,<BR>
exactly, are a handful of newsgroup denizens (primarily game groups,<BR>
mind you, and not one finance-related group) going to push the stock<BR>
value at all?<BR>
<BR>
I don't know if this fellow's details were accurate, but the WSJ did, =
in<BR>
fact, make an error.&nbsp; I'm also not entirely sure how unethical it =
is to<BR>
encourage people to invest in a security for personal gain or any =
other<BR>
reason.&nbsp; People do that all the time.&nbsp; Companies do it=20
themsleves.&nbsp; What<BR>
is wrong with this person saying, &quot;Buy this security.&nbsp; Because =
of x,=20
I<BR>
believe it is undervalued and will correct soon.&quot;?&nbsp; You might =
not,=20
for<BR>
whatever reason, want the person as your personal financial advisor, =
but<BR>
I don't see how that makes him or her a 'slimeball'.<BR>
<BR>
Christopher Wilson<BR>
<A href=3D"mailto:wils...@earthlink.net">wils...@earthlink.net</A><BR>
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