I am an itemus shareholder. I have visited and posted on the board on many occasions. This is why anonymity is so important to bulletin board participants, myself included. I am, however, concerned that your column might paint Stockhouse in the wrong light. I also participate in Stockhouse's bulletin boards for ELI Eco Logic and Badger Daylighting, which have frank and open discussions about the stock at hand.
Some participants are actually well-informed and are good sources of information.
Boards are only as good as the people on them. And I'm sure you already know that your frank advice to avoid investing with the heart will go unheeded by some. Part of the fallout of the tech boom is that it allowed a new breed of investor into the market. People will pay any price for that. Just ask the participants of the itemus board.