Longs care, Gettinduped. They care because they want to know that a month, or two months, or six months or more from now that their investment will not only be there, but will actually be even more worthwhile.
And longs neither care for nor need the volatility in the stock, which is so important to flippers and short interests.
As for the PPS, here's to the Short Interests who have believed that the PPS was going to fall endlessly. As the PPS moves slowly back up, the flippers won't be interested, and the Short Interests will at first increase their short positions, thinking they are justified, until the time comes that they realize that they misjudged HLNT and have again gotten into a position in which they are getting burned. Then the flippers can ride on the backs of the Short Interests this time as the SI's try to cover.
I already gave a signal to buy, knowing that it would effectively only serve the long investors. Since then, I have been quiet so that the longs could take advantage of the low PPS, the SI's, and the flippers.