" The vast majority of all users with accounts do not post, but read regularly, and the number of people reading without an account is really enormous. There one or two requests each second, on average, and most of the requests are loading (thus reading) a post, and lot of the requests being to read a whole thread."

Good morning. I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that on the old boards, Motley, Yahoo, etc, members of the brk board, money managers, fund managers, authors, etc were reading the boards but never posted for obvious reasons. Several old timers read this board but no longer wish to participate for various reasons. I grew up in the Brooklyn projects, lived in govt subsidized housing until I was 21 years old, so I suspect my skin is a bit thicker than most. PLUS, I laugh most of the day! Thanks again for sharing your expertise. hc