Thank you. But I did say I wasn't sure. I found masontrends list about 6 clicks into his disclaimer page after your post. I've noticed newer ihub listed ihub irp's stock list pages are under construction. I'm finding them under 'view my stocks'/history link where the person has updated...
An IRP is supposed to disclose their payments, that is the whole point of the process.
Paid promoters are supposed to disclose their compensation pursuant to 17(b). How they do that is their business and its adequacy falls under the purview of the appropriate regulators.
The point of IRPs is 1) to provide the means for them to provide a link to their Disclaimer/Disclosure with their posts, and 2) to promote visibility of their compensated status to readers. We don't place any requirements on what their D/D page here contains; only restrictions what it cannot contain.
More importantly, ANYONE who gets paid is supposed to disclose their payments. It's all about transparency and I believe that the IRP program is not even scratching the surface of disclosure. Non disclosing entities are likely to be taking a big risk since ihub developed the IRP program. In my opinion, the IRP program was started as a "regulatory" influenced purpose due to items relating to some past investorshub members activities.