They were a small and unwitting part of change that subsequently swept Wall Street and the globe. Now, the SEC demands that small shareholders get the same information at the same time as everyone else. The IR industry is not happy about that. It likes things the way they were. I guess they still don't think much about small investors.
Commentators now call the dot-com bubble a grand experiment.
If we didn't, ditto. Everything about dot-com mania leaves me uncomfortable. Privacy advocates worry about the Internet. Imagine what people can find out about you. They have a point, but for most of us, the point is not urgent.