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Folks – PLEASE READ:

Post made on GTGP Board by Admin Shelly on 9-25-2012

There are a lot of conspiracy theories being thrown around here and I am going to interrupt to set the record straight.

iHub is not "run by a hedge fund." Our parent company is ADVFN Plc of the United Kingdom. It’s a publicly traded company so if anyone would like to see institutional ownership you can do so by looking at their filings. In any event, they operate their own message boards in the U.K. and are not involved in the operation of iHub's message boards, which are managed exclusively by employees of iHub. iHub and all of its employees are based in the USA.

No Admin even trades penny stocks.

While investing is in theory a zero sum game, we don't like to see anyone take a loss or be down in their trade or investment. Otherwise, frankly, we have no interest in what the price per share is of any penny stock.

I get all these PM’s asking why the “longs” are being restricted and the “bashers” get to post whatever they want. We have no idea what a user's investment sentiment is when we are looking at statistics (% of messages removed, types of violations, history of violations and sanctions, etc.) It’s numbers, not investment sentiment. If we go look at the posts further, sure we can likely determine if someone is positive or negative on the stock. However, that is irrelevant and has no impact on whether someone is restricted or not.

To see just how long these very same unfounded allegations of investment sentiment bias have been thrown around, read this and check the date it was posted:

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=9357987

The rules here are really fairly simple if you will just take the time to understand them. The vast majority of posting restrictions are due to the fact that the author throws in gratuitous comments about other Users. Leave those out and likely your message won’t be deleted.

Here’s a link that helps some people to understand this better:

http://ihwiki.advfn.com/index.php?title=Example_of_Making_Posts_Personal

Now there are many, many people who believe it is their right and their duty to attack people who hold an opinion different than their own. If that’s you, please note – you cannot do that here. It is against the rules and you will likely be restricted or banned for doing so. For those who want to throw out "free speech rights”, please read this prior to doing so:

http://whatswrongaroundus.blogspot.com/2008/01/freedom-of-speechlet-me-tell-you-what.html

For all of you who saw a link somewhere on the internet and are sure that iHub has been successfully sued or prosecuted for anything, please read the below:

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/legal_ref.aspx

Finally here are other helpful links:

When/Why Messages Are Deleted
FAQ
Handbook
Moderator's Role

If you don’t want to take the time to read any of the above, your prerogative. However, please save us the conspiracy laden PMs and comments. We are not interested.

None of the above is “on topic” on a stock board. If you’d like to discuss any of this further, please send me a private message or post a message on Q&A.

Please keep your messages about the company without the references to other Users here.

Thank you.
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