I agree with your point, although I don't post very often in very many places.  But I think the longevity of our post replies are much safer if we do not answer or rebut them directly.  Better to copy a quote and embed in a new post, IMO.

One serious rationale for NOT abstaining from answering the bashers is that we do NOT want an internet search for HLNT or any other investment to appear at or near the top of a search engine in a negative light, as is so often the case in OTC's, very often in the form of a LieHub post.  Especially for some newb potential investor UNfamiliar with the ways of the wicked.

JMO.  GLTA!  $HLNT