Possibly or maybe they lost their ass on that said stock... I know my buddy Edfrankie has huanted the EQBM board for over a year now because the CEO is complete snake...
PM the guy and ask him why he is doing what he is doing...
My experience is that the term paid basher pops up on some of the dirtiest stocks out there and that leads me to believe that is more of a tool by a promoter to claim there are paid bashers involved in a stock to get people not to sell and hide some of the dilution and garbage that this pigs do...