NorthWest Biotherapeutics Inc (NWBO)

[HappyLibrarian]

Maybe Etienne's an agent provocateur serving the shorts.

Using tools like him is a great way to gut the NWBO message boards. Youraunt serves a similar function over at yahoo.

It could be a good strategy for the shorts:

1. Drive out any longs with nuanced opinions.
2. Get those who stay to self-censor lest they be labeled shorts.
3. Encourage vitriolic ad hominen attacks and mud slinging.

Pretty soon you end up with a board divided in two armed camps where rational discussion and mutual respect are distant memories.

Why would anyone bother to do all of this?

Well it comes down to another question, Do message boards directly impact the share price?

Maybe, but probably not.

But regardless, the shorts certainly seem to believe that they do because they apparently invest money paying people to spread disinformation on them.

One could argue Etienne is an example of a more sophisticated strategy than we've seen the short's use before.

And if you now believe that Etienne is an agent provocateur, I have just demonstrated how insidious his kind of attack on other people's motives can be, whatever his reasons for making it.