Here's an explanation of what those #'s mean and don't mean---and are thus useless---by a market professional and a former FINRA Survelliance Group head...he just might know what he's talking about :-)
Magic lol. Good one. Some newbies (and some ignorant old ones) have little market knowledge and actually think that is information about shorts on the market. Can't stop them, they have an idea in their head they are convinced is true. Logic and facts can't make it past the wall.