I am a member at both DN and here, obviously the later as I am posting here.
I remember when Adam Dicker bidding in the NAM auctions caused some to go way overboard, the general feeling amoung some was that he as an employee (and perhaps especially as a VP) should not be allowed to bid on domains, and this was all because 'he MIGHT have insider information'!
Well let me assure you that in my opinion Adam Dicker is no fool, if he wanted to bid anywhere on any domain aftermarket site and not be recognised as the bidder he could do it (as we all could) and wipe the trail so that it would take a miriad of possies to even start to uncover his tracks. But the thing is that he did not try hiding his bidding anymore than anyone else, so that puts a total lid on the 'conspiracy' theories (and that is all they are with no evidence at all to substantiate the accusations) that were and are again being raised.
Undoubtedly over days, weeks, and even months ahead various reasons for the split will be given and rumoured, but here in the UK, as in the US and Canada a person is 'generally' presumed innocent until proven guilty. In the years that I have been associated with this business I have had the odd tussle with Adam - nothing major, but I assure you he has never ever in my opinion used either his position or insider knowledge of my dealings to his advantage. Indeed, on one occasion when the rights and wrongs of a tussle were shall we say evenly divided he bowed because his integrity was more important to him than making money.
Adam Dicker is just a man (like most of us on here), he is no saint and I do not mean to try to paint him as one. But to have accusations bounded about based on suppositions is ludicrous behaviour, especially against someone who on numerous occasions, to my personal knowledge, has given his time, experience and expertise to helping others without seeking or expecting reward.
The owners of both forums (DN and NP) have it in their power, if they so wished, to gain information about each of us domainers, and it is my belief that both gentlemen do not act in such a duplicitous manner. We as domainers are lucky in my opinion that the owners of the two major forums for our industry are to be respected. Evidenceless based accusations and accusations based on pure hypothetical possibilities are neither worth while in themselves nor worthy of the members.