We all know that when a guy is just saying how great a stock is, and how its going to the moon, it's because he owns the stock and wants it to go up so he can make some money. His motive is known from the face of his actions. Nobody really buys a stock because of that type of post, but sometimes people follow certain groups into a stock. That's known as a "momo" or "momentum" play. There's risk in doing so, but most players know what they're doing in this regard.
There are also people who, having lost money and been damaged by a company, publicly complain. We can usually tell when that happens and that they have legitimate gripes about management that they discuss. There are people here who have voiced concerns and did so in a legitimate and ethical way.
Then we have a third group of people who obviously didn't buy into the stock, didn't get diluted on or some other thing, but seem to spend a lot of time just finding bad stuff to say all day-- and then who proclaim that they are some sort of "crime enthusiast."
The problem with the last group of player is he attempts to pass himself off as something legitimate and hopes to scare people while having some unknown ulterior motive. It's unlikely that ego has kept this type of player hovering around the stocks he attempts to manipulate for years at a time.
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