Unfortunately, you are quite correct. As a general rule of...

Unfortunately, you are quite correct. As a general rule of thumb, do not take too much on HotCopper seriously.
Like any social media platform, it opens up to many who don't have the ability to fathom fact from fiction. Give them a ruler to measure the length of something and the debate will turn to who manufactured the ruler, the accuracy of the ruler, can a ruler made in China be compared to a ruler made in Australia. One particular thread on AVZ has been read over 40 million times, with upwards of some 250 thousand responses posted. If 5% of them have some value-added content, that's a lot.

Does it change the outcome of the share price, very little? Does it change the outcome of what AVZ is facing in the DRC, not at all?

But for what it is worth, the outcome of the AVZ / DRC is of significant importance to the long-term investment in mining in that country. The debacle has to do with fraud and corruption in the whole mining sector. AVZ has just been caught up in the middle of this DRC problem. Whilst that does not satisfy many of the retail investors in AVZ, overall the outcome has far-reaching consequences for the future.