#occupy chess.com

 Haha.  Megaphones aren't allowed.  The "real" protestors are using a human megaphone.  The mouthpiece sings out and all the protestors follow.  I heard it on the radio and found it rather amusing.

Like this one, the Wall Street protest seems a bit dumb.  Most of the interviews I've heard, the protestors are early twenty youths there because, "Um, well, ya' know, um, coroporations..." than I assume they wander off.

We need guys like akintews out there!  Those folks knew how to throw a protest.  They had the dogs sic'ed on 'em and the fire hoses turned on.  They were, often, even able to articulate their greivances.  Now, that's a protest!

Obviously, not everyone there is articulate (yet), but you seem to be acting rather credulously if you believe everyone is represented by the people chosen by a media intent on ridiculing everyone, poison.  Have you read any articles that have come out of it?

Read?  You expect me to read?  I'm an American!

I didn't mean to come off as credulous, and to be fair, my information on the protest(s) is limited to a single source:  NPR.

I really haven't an informed opinion on the matter.  I, long ago, accepted that this world is one big shit sandwich and everybody has to take a bite.

I know that I'm jaded and I don't mean to erect any barriers to idealistic youth.  I was just goin' for some laughs.

But clearly not everyone has to take a bite.  Or, some are able to add condiments to soften the blow.  And why, I ask, does Erik refuse to share his recipe of secret herbs and spices?  Why won't Danny Rensch pass the ranch?  Why does kohai refuse to share her special twelve-grain bread?  These are questions that need to be brought into the open.

I think it's wholly appropriate for us to expect that ownership of chess.com be distributed evenly among the user base.

I mean, truly, is it reasonable for Erik and his investors to hold 100% of the value of this business simply based on their innovation, industriousness, hard work and dedication (and putting their initial investment at risk) despite representing only a tiniest percentage of the 4 million strong user-base?  Where would this site be without it's users I ask?  We provide the content, we provide the game-play and they reap all of the financial rewards.

It's just not fair.

Do you think Erik could lobby Congress for a jobs program that involves paying us to play on chess.com?

I'm pretty sure some of that initial investment was actually my money.  I put my savings into the banking system, and surely chess.com was at least partially, if not largely debt funded by that same banking system.  As a result I think I'm entitled to a higher return than the bank and I agreed to when I initially saved my money with them.

I will accept direct equity in chess.com, but not through any so called "quantitative easing".  Simply issuing more stock is not an acceptable answer, we must redistribute the equity that's already out there.

 I now occupy Chess.com !! That is right this is class-warfare, the only problem is i have no CLASS !!!!!!!!      

It's that 0.01% of the chess population that owns 99% of the rating points. The other 99.99% are staying in misery with the remaining 1%. Something is off, and it's so obvious!!

You're right, Grobe; if Erik thinks he can merely increase overall liquidity (i.e. more tactics trainer problems), and have the benefits eventually roll down to the lesser members, he should realise his economic theories are stuck in the dark ages.  he needs fresh ideas, rather than a cut-and-paste of everything that has failed already.

When you hear "UK," think "chess.com." Then do a shot.

I think it's totally arbitrary on the part of chess.com to decide which direction the knights face on the board. Why are they always facing left? I would like to be able to choose depending on the situation. 

Also, I think we the people, should be able to have some input into what is considered a "hot" topic.

I'm certainly not going to say, "over my dead body."

there's something faintly ironic about the sex pistols doing a "studio" version of anarchy in the uk.

Dang! They gotta play somewhere. DANG!

We don't need music, only our collective roar!

If you produce grain should anyone for free just go and grab it and leave you nothing for it?

The same is with chess.com, they have produced a wondrous product that you CAN use for free, but if you pay a bit you get some extras, if you don´t want the extras don´t pay for it.

I don´t want/need the extras but I like the possibility to play chess online at a good "clean" site. Thus I donate som $ every month.

As for ChessmasterRyan, you sound like a communist (note I don´t say communist are bad) and a child of the 90´s where everything should be served at a silver platter for your convenience and you have the right to anything you see, hear or like. And that everyone should have the same and everything should be shared by everyone.

Why should a lazy guy/girl get the same as a hardworking guy/girl? In my opinion you should recieve according to what you put in (But not in the exess (probably wrong word) as some wallstreeter...

We provide the most valuable content here though.

This is all just another example of living off the backs of the proletariat.

And we get paid nothing for it, because erik controls the means of production.