My feeling is they are a non factor in the long run. If there are shorts and I most certainly believe there are some FTDs that need covering, the S-1 filing and OTCBB solves the problem. The higher the PPS goes, the more frantic the bashing will be. Time will tell. Good news is this is a real company growing it's business plan exponentially. I am in big and plan to stay a large over 100 million share shareholder for many years to come.