"Anyone who says the trading in these shares is 'normal' doesn't know what they are talking about."
true... true...
"Now the same situation requires that stock to get through a manipulative period where short sellers are able to take advantage of even small doubts that early shareholders might have."
A real live revenue ramp will mark the end of this manipulative period... increasing revenue, improved margins, profitability... q1, q2 & q3... merry Christmas... and 2016 is a happy new year...
"paid bashers who seem to work 24/7 trying to create fear and doubt"
I'm confused... I thought they were only working 10 minutes a day ;-)
"Ignore the lies and distortions and know that even though no stock is a sure thing, at this point the risk/reward so strongly favors rewards for the longs that allowing the fears & frustrations to sway you is not the wise thing to do."
Good advice... you have uncommonly good common sense...