So I posted this on the hub, agreeing with another
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My thoughts exactly! If you know its a scam, why waste so much energy and time? Do you owe people that you don't even know, a favor? Noooo....my guess is, all the bashers are holding a ton of shares and also being paid to bash. Absolutely no other reason makes sense...Don't they all preach about making sense? what makes sense and what doesn't? of course they do...every day.
When you REPLY to a basher you give them an opportunity to make their money.
They get paid by the reply.
There are certain tactics or tricks that they use. (I cant remember each bullet but I do remember the gist):
TACTICS:
A paid basher will win your confidence by using facts and data that make them seem knowledgeable about their subject.
They earn your trust with credible posts, will sometimes agree with your message, but never diverge from their task: to depress the price of the stock.
They search out the “board leaders” and engage them in debate; the rest usually follow.
They earn trust on a board and will even engage themselves in a debate by using a series of aliases in order to give their position authenticity or fuel a particular rumor.
They offer personal information about themselves to gain credibility. After all, they are “real people”; they are your friend, your neighbor, they ”care” about you and are only on here to help.
These people get paid by the reply. Each time you respond to them they earn money. So if you respond to them you are paying them.
Ask yourself: why would a person who doesn't own a stock put in the time and effort to bash it? Why would a person who supposedly has a job spend all day posting to bash your investment? I mean what on earth would they have to gain? If they have no job (but have the time to post all day just for free they are a total loser who shouldn't be listened to, anyway.) If they can spend all day bashing a stock and engaging you in a stupid debate in a stock they don't even own what on earth is in it for them? Money, that's what.