Hmm, those are good points.
However, I would view such slander as a perfect opportunity to present the facts as they actually are
In my opinion, those with an agenda simply create an alternate thread, thereby increasing overall spam/useless post counts.
There's several 'legitimate' business owners that may have had less success in their schemes if it weren't for self moderated threads. I say let the free speech that has been honored by this forum (for better or worse in some cases) be complete and do what it does best, the truth eventually comes out.
The long con is often hard to predict, the occasional reminder never hurts even if the opinion may often be somewhat delusional.
Anyways, you are here discussing the situation and that's truly excellent, regardless of the final decision(s).