"...to me management that go and engage in discussions with investors on boards like this one is paying to much attention to "managing expectations" rather than building the business."
I saw the same thing on the NSDM board when I looked at it a couple months ago. Some of the posters were even "relaying messages" from the CEO about how delighted he was with the message board, etc. It made me feel the CEO was intent on making the stock go up not by finding diamonds but by pulling in newbies.