I assume some posters will be in the know on occasion, the club doesn't exist in a vacuum.

Most people here seem able to distinguish between what's clearly a wind up or might have something in it, they either engage in a reasonable manner or take note and see if it turns out to be true, but there are a handful who are apparently unable to take themselves out of the equation, if they don't have inside info then that means nobody else can possibly know anything either and they go on the attack. If posters have form for consistently spreading disinformation, then by all means call them out, but surely the forum is all the better if people who are in itk feel they can post without being subject to mockery and/or knee-jerk abuse.

This is a general observation and not about this thread in particular.