You can't use charting on pinkies IMHO. Volume is too low, manipulation too high. Beyond that, what you call "dilution at key resistance points" I would call "dumping a position when it looks like the stock is falling".
You have to accept that no one pays $15k, let alone $100k to promote a stock that isn't trying to move the price up. In addition, certainly Monk's Den promotion was attempting and clearly did move the stock significantly. Obviously we can argue till the cows come home as to who was selling into that rally, but it was clearly manipulation to the upside and it wasn't the MMs doing the manipulating, unless Monk is secretly working for them.