In defense of the moderators I've got to say thats just not a fair statement. I moderate here and at MarketMillionaires.com and there is a tremendous difference in the latitude allowed in posting substance. MM is a free site and we moderators are completely free to use our judgement in content allowed or removed, as well as banning. That's not to say that simply because someone post's something negative about a stock its going to be deleted, that would negate the usefullness of the site, as fair and balanced discussion is whats most useful to investors. However, IHUB is a pay site and therefore must be more lenient in what's deleted. I also think Matt may be the only one allowed to ban someone, but I'm only an assistant moderator on another thread and may be wrong.
But I can appreciate what your saying, because its obvious that many of those that post negatively in a continuous and repetative manner have an agenda, which is more than likely someone else's for which they are compensated. I don't have it, but there was a great article that explained just how this process takes place and how these poster's are payed for each post which solicits a response. These posters, as I'm sure your all know to well, come in different levels. This means the knuckleheads that simply post things like "Pawson's a Crook" or "DILLUTION DILLUTION RUN FOR THE HILLS" are not compensated much. Its the one's who provide detailed post's, which may include links, or partially factual inferences, these are the one's that make a hefty profit from this sleezy business, because its these that cause unknowing or nervous investors to sell at the most inopportune times.
That's not to say that every negative post is someone paid for doing so, which is also another negative result caused by these dirtbags, for it becomes impossible to have a balanced and open discussion. It saturates and taints the board, causing everyone who post's anything other that positive comments to be immediately judged as a paid basher.
I think dustybutler1 falls into this category, as I'm sure do others. Many are just pissed they lost substantial money, which is completly understandable. Those are the one's that would probably get back in Pawson is proven legitimate and the company excels.
