Basically you are right. But why buy a scammed stock? You know how many denounced KREM, RIMM and HOMS. Who listened? Other shorters probably. Of course I don't follow small stocks and don't listen to anyone but reasearch and chart analysis but you can tell the phony stock scammers, their modus operandi is not all that clever. You can pinpoint them first by the signposts of foul language, and it goes on from there. This is just a message board. Have you been to grand central station in New York or Victoria Station or Marble Arch in London? There are signs posted on huge bulletin boards.. who cares. You might find signs asking for food for work, or a requesting a roommate at Cambridge, but without checking it out throughly they are just little post-its scrawled with similar messages. That is these message boards, not to be taken seriously at face value just a sign to read, and pocket and check out maybe or just crumple it up and throw it out into the garbage.