Ann: Annual Report to shareholders, page-17

"I don't have a problem with people posting their views on any share so long as they don't have a hidden agenda..."

And who makes determinations about which posters have "hidden agendas" (whatever they might be)?


"...but i wouldn't waste my time posting on a BB about a share i don't own or had any interest in. I have a life outside the Internet!"

I have to say, that sounds pretty presumptuous of you.

Maybe the poster in question doesn't feel like he/she is wasting his/her time.
Maybe he/she feels that he/she has a worthwhile contribution to make to a discussion involving publicly-listed companies [*], and derives some personal satisfaction from being able to share some insights which may help other HotCopper members experience better investment outcomes (not just investment profits, but avoidance of investment losses).

(Of course, he/she may prove to be wrong, which facts or logic - borne out of the rigours of debate - will ultimately determine, but that should not preclude him/her from posting views and opinions. Even less-than-positive ones.)

[*] Which is, after all the very reason for the existence of this forum.