I have. I've been adding 1000 shares a day for the last few weeks. Usually hitting the Ask in the last 10 seconds to try to "paint the tape", although I missed doing it today because I was sharing my post regarding the 13D manipulation on a few different message boards and lost track of time. I had the last print at 1.60 yesterday, and it's my fault for losing track of time that we didn't close at 1.59 today, although someone got a print at $1.58 at 3:59:59 pm, so I might've been edged out anyway.
In terms of painting the tape by a penny or two, you've got to fight fire with fire, and fight manipulation with manipulation imo. Even though there's obviously only so much a retail trader like me can do. But if your share count gets high enough like mine is, a penny or two can make a few hundred or a few thousand dollars difference in your account at the end of the day.