Fogg - Investors here in the US are allowed to sell stocks 'short'...basically selling first and buying (to cover) at a later date.
Long investors use message boards to 'pump' a stock to try and encourage buying and make the price go up. Short sellers or 'bashers' downplay the stock because they have pre-sold the stock (sold short) and want the price to go down.
Bashing is no different, or more illegal, than pumping as long as 'fraudulent statements' are not used to accomplish either one. This is where the real rub comes in because aliases are used and posters hiding behind those tend to use fraudulent statements and innuendo that cannot be verified.
The two camps don't seem to like each other. Zoo comes to mind. LOL
Each investor should always consider the 'downside potential' of any stock as well as it's 'upside potential', so I like to see both views and come to my own conclusions.
I suggest you follow the GBRC board rather than this one for your DD and don't believe everything you read. lol
GLTA
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