Well, I'd hope you are right, * aren't one I'd recommend as a proper source of news because as you mention there seems to be a blurred line between their news and promotion aspects, although I suspect enough must read them to be able to carry on as financially viable, speccie traders & investors are their target market.
Regarding announcing when one is onto a good thing, I think you find many will... as long as they are properly set first ha. But you will also find many of us do tip stocks that we are not trading, simply because we don't have the capacity to trade 10 stocks at a time and we think others may be able to make a profitable trade from it. But I do understand what you are talking about, often by the time good news has filtered through, you will already have some front runners set and waiting and well prepared to sell unto you. But I don't think it is fair to say no one posts without self-interest in mind, as me being someone that did not hold probably 90%+ of the stock I have mentioned here.
IMO one should always keep a sense of healthy scepticism when it comes to matters of finance, or when people that have self-interests that point them in a direction that may be contrary to what you are trying to do. And you quite often have both of those things when it comes to other traders/investors and social media. People ramping their shares for me are like salespeople, sometimes there is truth to their claims and they genuinely believe in their product, sometimes they are knowingly selling you a faulty product that does not do half of what they claim. Often it can be difficult to tell the difference, and you won't know until afterwards. Always a risk when you are relying on the word of another, best be sure they are worth your trust if you are acting on someone else's tip. Often it's simply a better decision to ignore them make your own decision after your own research (which I always encourage over just following others).
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