[ideaphore]

Trolls might very well try this. We will carefully screen people who sign up to make sure this doesn't happen. We have several ways in mind to do this, happy to discuss if you're interested. If trolls stoop to fraud or bribery to infiltrate the group, there's not much we can do - this is true of regular joint defense groups too. If they do infiltrate, they can make things difficult, but they can't completely destroy the utility of it. Our tools would still make small businesses more powerful than they were alone.

[premium-concern]

Plus, it would look very poorly in court if trolls would be caught doing this. So maybe instead of not letting them join, show them that they "joined", but don't show them any relevant information?

[mcherm]

Actually, your best defense is to be able to identify the troll (which is difficult!) because if you can show "bad faith" on their part in court that really helps your case.