Then there is the constant horseshit with members posing as guests

Joe, and I believe, Max, have both stated that this is far less frequent then implied, and primarily confined to a very few.

and as far as:There are clones with their own friends about whom nothing can be said. There are a few who diligently ensure that nothing bad is EVER said about themselves

I have talked with a a number of people with edit buttons - and doubt this behavior can be attributed to any of them. As far as I know normal procedure is that a clone doesn't edit comments about themselves.