Yeah. I'm sure there's some of those somewhere on some board somewhere but that is really crazy. Also sure there can be a disgruntled employee on some board somewhere and even a real "poorme" etc...
But these folks are all playing a role. they know there are a lot of shares held on this board...Hint, its usually not the people that have to tell you they own shares...
So what they focus on is the psychological....if you say something enough times. People are emotional creatures. they prey on that. People are also usually good natured and want to be honest so they don't see the dishonesty beneath the surface or believe people would do that.
So when you strip away the emotion and just look at things logically, there's really only a couple reasons people would do this for years. A bunch aren't even in this country most likely. There English and grammar has gotten better over the years though.
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