Catpole. Yes - exactly why Investors Hangout has taken over from iHub as the forum of choice for serious traders wanting factual information on a number of stocks. The features for following credible posters and rapidly accessing Most Posted / Viewed / Read boards and posts are also superior.

The very well-thought out, far more stringent TOS here allow the Moderator and the Assistants he appoints to deal effectively with "bashing" - all forms of which involve one or more of the items in the extract below - and would also be effective for dealing with "pumping" if there was a deliberate intention to deceive. In addition, IH Admin back up their Moderators in terms of endorsing ban requests in a very robust and timely manner.

TOS Reminder - usual grounds for deleting most posts by bashers at IH:

Contributions must not:

- be likely to deceive any person.

- cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.

- be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.

["scaremongering" posts covered by all / any of the above]

Spamming:

- continually posting the same topic or post more than three times in a 24 hour period.

Off Topic:

- No trolling (posting an obviously negative post/thread to elicit an angry response).

- Be respectful and polite to other message board members.