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move quickly to ensure they profit on a classic Pump & Dump scheme to liquidate their ill-gotten shares.

EXACTLY!!! It is called a 'Pump & Dump' for a reason. Notice it is not called a 'Bash then Pump & Dump'. Your definition of bashing, if it existed, would drive away potential buyers.

An investor, who has never heard of the false notation of paid bashing, looking into buying a company's stock, would probably run away after seeing posts calling into question the veracity of the CEO, product, financing,... Eventually, the only peeps left buying the stock are those who are already in so deep that they feel they need to double down to ever see green again.