What standards may a moderator use to ban another iHub member? May it be a lesser standard than is called for for post deletion? What avenue for redress have you set up for someone who feels unfairly banned?
What exactly is it you are trying to accomplish in your "test"?
In the past you have banned several iHub members from posting on political boards merely by PMing them and asking them not to post. Has that not been effective enough?
I know both you and Bob have mentioned that before re: both SI and IHUB. I know a lot of your concern has to do with advertisement folks but... have you ever figured out what posting rates would be during the market meltdown without those boards?
Also..Not quite as sure about IHUB but the most active "stock" boards on SI seem to be the trader threads. I note that Zeev's board here is also one of the most active boards as well. For now the good old days of GO CSCO when are earnings?? are gone. They may well be back at some point soon but who the hell knows for sure?