First off, I apologize for not announcing the tax changes upfront. That was a bad call. The good aspect of the immediate move was that we prevented daytrading sooner, rather than later. More about that later on.
I have a feeling this thread grew unnecessarily wide, tackling things like autobids and personal attacks and such which clearly don't belong here. I feel it's my duty as a BB to point fingers and I point mine at trainerman. While some of his ideas are not bad, his headstrong crusade to force us into making changes he is pushing is annoying and time consuming.
On the other hand, I loved the concise and to-the-point comments from the likes of Mike Franks and some others. Keep it up.
On the whole, I think the discussion was a productive one. We need feedback and will keep monitoring how the new tax numbers work and what you, our users, think of them.
It's still early, but so far, we are satisfied with the effect of the new numbers. We think they have reduced daytrading and kept the rest of the users' profits. So, if they are indeed doing what we intended, there is no need for further changes. We will keep watching though.