How Long Before Hedge Funds Control The Rare Card Market?

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Posted By: Sandy Schwartz

Hi Joann, point I was making was not whether the financial view of the hobby is legitimate, of course it is. In fact, the importance of that view, you can argue, justifies having its own thread. Just saying that Leon has an opportunity to organize that discussion and funnel the finance-driven folks into a channel of their own. Benefits: 1) The finance folks will have a $$$$-focused place to call home and not have to sift thru other thread noise
2) Folks like me can OPT to read the $$$ thread if and when we choose.

I can only speak for myself. I visit Net54 for the wonderfully educational, interesting and entertaining card-focused, baseball-focused, history-focused threads. The purer the content, the more likely I am to enjoy it. I'm sure there are many who'd agree, but equally as many who might not.

I agree with you Joann, $$$-driven folks are just as much a part of the hobby, but I believe there's enough of a divide between those folks and the "collector grade" folks like you and I, to warrant a content segregation on the new site. If Leon and the community feel otherwise, that's absolutely fine! It's quite possible that the more threads the new site has, the more confusing the site may get, that's certainly a risk. I do disagree with RobD though, this is not about stumbling on something I don't agree with, it's more of an organizational thing ... like the folks who have been advocating a separate OT category in Leon's recent thread.

Just my humble opinion. Net54 will continue to be a wonderful place to visit on a daily basis regardless.