Ph is spot on here. Back a few years ago on Scout, anytime big news broke some premium posters would make a few dotted posts on the free board referencing huge news on the premium board. Some claimed it was to entice others to join premium, others felt it was just elitist posters bragging about knowing more than the typical poster. Usually, one premium poster was willing to divulge at least a portion of the information via pm. It resulted in threads being cluttered with posts asking for PM's and rampant speculation, typically involving spreading of inaccurate information. That is what the mockery was about.
Oh, and by the way, BallStateDeac is definitely the go to guy for PMs.