Comments on: monster ceo editing yahoo! finance message board?

By: S E

S E — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:44:37 +0000

“I got Tips From VP’s”…LOL!!!

By: S Emerson

S Emerson — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:52:16 +0000

Joel: Also wanted to add that when attention is brought to a matter, i.e. Bernie Madoff, then it should be taken seriously right away! Think about how many people who could have been saved when it was initially brought to attention. Someone dropped the ball. I think everyone will be taking accusations alot more seriously now. Nobody is above the law, including corporate America, and the LAW itself. People sitting on a thrown think they can get away with ANYTHING, including giving unsolicitated inside information about their own company? Now who does that hurt? Not the person giving it, they still have their job and lots of MONEY.

By: S Emerson

S Emerson — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:58:56 +0000

I’d also like to say that I’m sure alot of shareholders would have like to have known about this before they stayed invested this past year. Oh well, corporate America. Unfortunately, there are alot of Bernie Madoffs out there. They just do it differently. Sounds like an SEC or CNBC kind of thing, it should be investigated by the FEDS…….We’ll see.

By: Steve Emerson

Steve Emerson — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 19:36:54 +0000

This is not a new thing. California Pizza Kitchen has been doing this for some time now. Look at the older messages on that board. Lots of deleted posts, huh?

By: Zooboomafoo

Zooboomafoo — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:11:37 +0000

From the brief glimpses I’ve seen inside of Monster, it seems that they had a pretty strong team 3 years ago, times changed, the team breaks up, and now there are outsiders trying to figure out what the core business is of a company without a clear future.

This is a very tough climate for this sort of business. Monster missed opportunities to compete with Craiglist – and instead became just another website with a bunch of “Great Affiliate Offers!” No wonder why the simplicity of Craigslist and other quality aggregators and search engines has put these guys in a hurt locker.

#1 rule in Internet business. Respect your users.

By: Martin Snyder

Martin Snyder — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:54:48 +0000

That is some juicy stuff Joel. Maybe Monster should do a wisdom of crowds deal and just let the internets manage the company ? Don’t we all think we could do a better job anyway ? I know what I would do…

Who would have thought that Google cache would end up being the international truth depository? Interesting to know who has the juice to clean THAT up.