As long as the moderation is NOT TOO severe (such as deleting anything remotely negative), I'm all for self-mod threads.
Good criticism is another thing, but when that is pointless for to build development and only reason to cause panic I say its need to stop spreading lies. At moment bits is trying to gain exposure on among people and its not help if you are unsure if its good investment. There are too many people burned their fingers with bad coins and fuders.