Tells you nothing because it is not actually shorting. Nearly all OTC stocks have it and it tells you nothing. It is a well known and easy to understand fact. When it occurs it does not indicate when or if a stock will go up or down; therefore irrelevant.
I know you say you don't care but...
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. Winston Churchill