Matt: I think the attacks you have endured have been for the most part unfair. I think this site will succeed if you follow just a few basics:
IHub Admin needs to work diligently at keeping all posts within the IHub Terms of Use. And, MUST NEVER show favoritism towards those members that are liked or malice towards those members not liked. Unbiased fairness must be the goal at all times. (Something SI Admin has lacked for some time.)
On topic discussion pro and con on any thread stock related or personal is a MUST to ensure integrity. That should be in the IHub Terms of Use.
COBs of stock threads and personal threads must be allowed to enforce their thread’s guidelines. However, those guidelines and the actions of the COB must allow reasoned discussion both pro and con of topics or subjects being discussed. Of course, this does not preclude the COBs from requiring posts/discussions to be a on topic, reasoned, cordial, respectful and free from insults, ridicule, personal attacks, harassment, spam or posts intended to disrupt.
The IHub membership should NOT be allowed to engage in ridiculing and insulting harassment campaigns against other members directly or indirectly. This means by direct confrontation or from the safety of a personal thread. Threads should not be allowed that are used as a save haven to target other members of IHub for ridicule, insult or personal attack.
Follow the above and you’ll find your board will attract those that are tired of the SI Administration’s biased and unfair enforcement of the Terms of Use. In addition, you will attract those tired of the various clicks on Silicon Investor and elsewhere that have made it their primary contributions to insult, ridicule and harass other members. The message board troublemakers and thugs can only persist if the board administration allows it.
Regards,
LG
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