Jester, your statements are obviously true. I hate the scum that post 10-20 times a day or even 5 times a day, saying nothing new, always the exact same bashing repeated over and over. But honestly, the presence of that force on the MB doesn't excuse Long's refusal to hear any complaint. I know how stupid it is to bash one's book, i.e., own a stock but still bash it all the time. Or fail to be able to let go and cut the millstone off one's neck if you lose money on a stock, jeeze, just take the loss and don't look back. Otherwise, there is no way not to damage your own confidence - that's a tip from the famous Peter Lynch.
A stock MB is most valuable when it's more than just a battleground for idiot bashers vs mindless cheerleaders. If longs just eat up all cheerleading, including loving any 'analyses', regardless of whether or not based on any established facts, how is that going to help any potential new investors? I doubt that people are stupid enough to fall for the posters that repeat the same bashing memes over and over many times a day. I think it's like reading product reviews on Amazon - I do consider a large number of 5-star reviews, but to get a balanced view of the pros and cons, I usually read the 2-4-star reviews.
Anyway, how crazy is that when somebody says they are looking for 4-8 times gain in the near term, that longs throw bricks at them, saying "I know this guy is a stealth basher'??? Suggesting that even in the near term, predicting anything less than a 20-40-80 times gain means your trying to FUD longs into selling their shares, WTAF is that? Especially anybody here who held that stock in spring of 2022; if they are still holding here certain of a 20 times gain in less than a year, I have to wonder what it would take them to ever learn from any experience.
Like you Jesster, if I'm wrong and the stock runs to $5 on approval, I'll love that all the way to the bank. But I'm not wasting any time calculating how much I'd be ahead if that happened because it's a waste of time, and it makes zero sense to set yourself up for disappointment. If that makes me a 'soft basher' to anybody, well sorry to be rude, but imo they are idiots.
In edit: I don't intend to continue arguing about this nor with the folks who throw out crazy numbers but won't respond to reasonable questions. But the interesting response I just got from Lykiri just shows that there are also a bunch of reasonable posters on this MB with whom it's possible to have valuable exchanges without triggering weird reactions.
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