I don't understand fantasy stock markets much better than I do fantasy sports leagues. I suppose it's for those who enjoy the thrill of playing without actually ... ummm .... playing.
Fantasy stock markets are nothing new, but about a week ago, I discovered a website which functions as a "stock market" for blogs. The actual blogs are real ; it's the trading that is simulated via the website. As I've learned, it's not necessary for the real-life blog-owner to consent to such trading and there are probably many blog owners who are unaware that such trading is even going on. On June 1st, the blog "AJL Convention 2006" was added to the index. It has gone up from an initial price of 29 blog cents per share to 49 blog cents per share. The initial number of shares issued was 5000, with 1000 of them being reserved for the blog owner to claim (in this case, that would be Sheryl Stahl). Anyone can get a free membership, which entitles them to an initial pot of blog dollars to spend, but there are only 1500 public shares of AJL Convention 2006 Blog left to be sold. ***** In other Jewish-library-blog news, 80% of the shares of the Sunshine State Safranim blog have been sold. The price has soared from 35 blog cents to B$2.30. B'shalom, Steve Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
