Previously, in orther parts of the spaceDennis Petke of ACG filed suit against a poster on Stockhouse that continuously slandered the company and it turned out it was his Sister I think, Bridgette Petke.
https://stockhouse.com/companies/bullboard/acg/alliancebernstein-income-fund?postid=27380832
Article about the Case Crooks like Jason Shull got shut down as will Andrew Left and his tactics.
There is more an more precedent to which such boards have to be involved with slander cases.
Warning to the frequent bashers and slanderers.
As someone who works with technology such as this - I can assure you that the majority of people have no idea how to 100% mask their identity. Simply having a separate email does not cut it as the IP and connection pattern can be determined very easily and all it takes is ONE home connection or work access to completely expose the user - as is done with harassment cases. Correlate the connection logs and it becomes very clear ,very quickly. I suggest if any of you want to avoid the legal issues that you tone down the slanderous angles.