"Feel free to go speak on those forums, about those companies,...

"Feel free to go speak on those forums, about those companies, to their longsuffering shareholders."

I have at times. And I will keep speaking here too...I keep being invited to do so.

"The company is not going to give you ANY answer, that has not already been released to the market through the proper channels."

True, but sometimes companies can provide clarification when there are timelines for shareholders to understand a journey.

"Maybe this deal is taking so long, due to the directors valuable time being used to answer shareholder queries? Hmmmmm"

Maybe that is why companies have investor relations , Chris..so many times people come on forums and whinge why they don't hear from companies and when shareholders do get some communication these people are not interested in hearing it...Hmmmmmm ?