I know this is an old subject, but proof of paid bashing will all come out in the future. Example - If it tastes like and apple, looks like an apple and smells like an apple, it's probably an apple.
No different than watching someone bash multiple stocks, over and over and over again, and what will eventually happen is the SEC will crack down on the bashers with, court cases, lawsuits, etc.
Any judge will then say, how is it that this was allowed to continue for as long as it did? If everyone can see that a person is a paid basher except for the admins, then all of a sudden where does the fault lay?
I can say I ate the apple, but I didn't know it was an apple, who's going to believe me? no one. They will say, common sense shows that you knew without a reasonable doubt that it was an apple. The same will happen to the admins who claim they didn't know these people displayed evidence of being a paid basher.
It is not only the admin's responsibility to make sure the board is free of TOS violations, but to also remove any sort of illegal activity being conducted via the website? Would I be wrong to say that? If you saw someone shoplifting in a store, and didn't say anything than you all of a sudden become an accomplice to the crime for not reporting it? Is that just a grey area?
Please feel free to correct me if i'm wrong, but these seems like all very logical statements.
