The SOB questions are from those who know what it costs and the effort involved, and they try to appear as just little innocent Freepers questioning the costs. Then in about two replies, their real character comes out as a POS/SOB trying smear Jim, trying to bog down the Thon thread, and to stop people from pledging.
It seems like there is less tolerance for these Thon disruptors, and they disappear like they should.