If you want to retain members and gain new ones, you have to figure out why people get frustrated trying to trade stocks without constantly having their investments being attacked.
That argument is dead on arrival, IMO. It would be the greatest disservice to our users, the shareholders and the investing public at large if we were to disfavor posts/posters with contrary views. The answer to disagreeable speech is more speech, not the suppression of speech found by some to be disagreeable. Why should objective investors be deprived of the benefit of opposing views merely because others are insecure in their investments? Readers who want to bury their heads in the sand, or who don't want to hear from another poster for whatever reason have the option of using Ignore. Readers get to filter what they read, not what others post.
When the bashers/ FUD spreaders can ad nauseam make statements against the co. 24/7, no matter whether true or not, it makes visiting the board and posting a waste of time.
Another non-starter. That is absolutely no different than "pumpers/FUD spreaders can ad nauseam make statements in favor of the company." It's just utter nonsense to say that that as a rule pumpers post truth and bashers post lies. Veracity and credibility should be left to each reader to decide for themselves.
Over the past 15 years there have been a few times where others have created alternative sites where "bashing" isn't allowed. They ultimately fail and disappear from the internet. The majority of the content winds up being about the iHub board, where all opinions are allowed, and the bulls-only board eventually dies on the vine. Beware the website that picks sides based on investment sentiment; it's a recipe to lose your money.
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