Understood Bob. My interpretation of the post below is that general stock picking boards are, in fact, "personal" boards ergo it's "anything goes". Matt tells us he will ask those involved in "blatant manipulation" to leave. IMHO, translated loosely, that means "it's ok to manipulate stocks on personal boards as long as you don't get caught." It's almost like a cop saying to a robber, "I'm going to arrest you if I see you blatantly stealing." Well, who's dumb enough to do that?
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The Lounge, Stock Clubs, IH Talk:
-These fall under the TOU, but are allowed quite a bit of flexibility to become 'their own' since the discussion is 'theirs'
-I stay very hands-off on these boards. They are the Arhcie's Corners, Patsy's, etc. General market discussions or off topic boards..It's a gathering for their friends. I only step in if there is blatant manipulation. IN which case I ask the leader to leave.
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On IH, no board for a specific stock can be started under the realm of 'personal boards' meaning they can't delete for anything, at will. But on SI, RB you can cut posting privs off to anybody.
The bold emphasis is Matt's; not mine.
I read all of this to say I could create a general daytrading board, for example, and front run every pick I post there. Certainly, if the board were popular enough, that wouldn't be very difficult and per the rules, there's not much that can be done about - as long as I don't get caught. (Something tells me that Matt won't be asking for trading records, so the front-running wouldn't be blatant unless I said something to someone.)
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