Replies to post #91617 on CMKM Diamonds Inc. (fka CMKX)

[dustybutler1]

skunks... there are paid bashers and there are paid pumpers...

Too much money in all these stocks...

Money makes people do many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many,

things...

Count on it...

[chisox pat]

I'll refer to the post you responded to. I think it is unlikely. Are there people who have a huge interest in a stock and will spin facts for their own financial gain, probably. Go to any message board. There are many suspected bashers on every one. Are they paid? Logic says no. Seriously, it would be one of the biggest industries in this country if true. Might there be one or two on a given stock? Maybe, but I still find it unlikley.

[janice shell]

It's urban legend. The term "basher" seems to have come into use around 1998; back then you didn't see it too often, at least at SI. My guess is that it was coined at AOL or Yahoo.

The notion of "paid bashers" didn't come into existence until 1999 or 2000, accompanied by the "Basher's Handbook" and a lot of parody "basher confessions" that many didn't recognize as jokes.

The SEC has sued many many touts and pumpadump practitioners, but has yet to discover a "paid basher". That should tell you something.