"LMAO... BUT just who the hell PAYS ALL YOU TROLLS
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Here's my guess at why you see what you see in penny stocks. I would say around 95% of people either recognize scams or know enough to stay away from penny stocks. Most of those people walk away and never look back but a very small percentage of those, like me and many others, think the rampant fraud is shameful and stick around to voice their opinion. Sometimes they get sick of all the victims shouting vitriol at them and turn on the victims even though they probably shouldn't. That's human nature and some victims really are just bad people.
Victims, on the other hand, have a strong vested interest in their stock and I would say about half of those turn to pumping because they think it will help their stock.
So if you see a stock where that small percentage of people 'bashing' the company is a significant component of the messages then you have a scam stock. I don't think I've seen an example on a message board yet where a large number of people were 'bashing' an honest company, even if that company's prospects were poor.
You people pumping the stock represent the small minority of people who look at the company. You're just emboldened by your colleagues who are in the same situation as you pumping the company, as you all look to each other and think there's safety in numbers.