Dear Shareholders,
Thank you for your participation within these Patriot Forums and of course the overall AGORACOM Community.
To begin we wish to afirm that AGORACOM has very little control over the editorial content and management of said HUB’s. In stead we handed over the controls to those who have the very best information – investors.
In other words, we merely observe the conversation; and let our micro communities decide form themselves which messages are relevant, and factual analysis of their investments.
While this model works for the greater part, extending a little leeway to so many members can get us of course from time to time.
Hence we wish to remind our dear members of a list of six rules we have printed to ensure everyone's continued and pleasant participation within our community:
1. PROFANITY
Swearing or use of foul language is strictly prohibited… in any language (We have 42 interpreters on staff to keep an eye on those International members). For the record, ##$!#&% or any combination thereof is considered profanity.
2. DEROGATORY COMMENTS TOWARDS OTHERS
Calling another member an idiot, clown, stupid, dumb, moron or ##x%x# for brains is strictly prohibited.
3. OFF-TOPIC OR IRRELEVANT COMMENTS
Yes, nobody can believe what happened to Turtle on Entourage, or that Monica Lewinsky took a job at the Kremlin, or that Romo dropped the field goal snap and crushed Cowboy fans everwhere. However, this is not the place to discuss TV shows, politics or sports… O.K. maybe a little sports.
4. SPAMMING OR CLAIMS OF INSIDER INFORMATION
Enough said... unless your brother in-law really is Michael Dell’s chauffeur.
5. BASHING OR HYPING
Unsubstantiated claims of grandeur or impending doom are best left to Nostradamus as they will cost you some valuable points towards your rating. Also included in this category is repetition of the same question, fact or opinion over and over after a response has been provided or if there is currently no ascertainable answer.
6. Caps lock and use of !!!!!!!
NOTHING AND WE MEAN NOTHING IS MORE AGGRAVATING AND ANNOYING THAN READING A POST THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS!!!!!! IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, IT DOESN’T BECOME ANYMORE NOTICEABLE WHEN YOU TYPE IT IN CAPS!!!!! IN FACT, MOST PEOPLE TEND TO IGNORE THESE KINDS OF POSTS!!!!... Exceptions will be made for those deserted on a deserted island (with a kick ass internet connection) and sending out a distress signal, or anyone who invested in WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, Nortel, Webvan, Pets.com or Sideware and needs to freak out every year.
In a community that generated 7.9 million page views in the last 30 days, we rely on members of our community to help us identify and review abusive posts and posters. While we appreciate some members zeal, we wish to remind members to use it only if a posts content is an explicit violation to the six rules above.
We want you to enjoy the best AGORACOM has to offer - to come here and read
and debate about Patriot, and not engage in petty bickering, squabbles and
yes even outright unsubstantiated claims.
With everyones help and understanding, we are sure we can get the community buzzing as it were just a few weeks ago.
Thank you all again for your attention and for your understanding.
Regards,
AGORACOM
