You are not missing the point at all. No one is that stupid. I do believe there is a scam within the scam. Perhaps it's just to dupe newbies into taking their worthless shares off their hands at a profit, or they are indeed employees of shadow investors who need to keep this alive for one or more pumps. At the moment, the volume and dollar amount of the trades loudly sing "it's over" but who the hell knows?
Bed time for an old man on the east coast. Nighty night.