RE: One question
No one wastes time posting on a board unless they are interested in the stock. Only someone new to the market would be fooled into thinking you are acting in their best interests. Unless you have something positive to say, get lost.
Typical Basher
-Notice how he/she immediately posts a reply to a factual posting that has substance and strength in an effort to discredit it quickly before it has too much of
a positive effect.
-He/She is careful not to attack the person posting the message (me) in order to preserve his/her own credibility and character.
-his/her comment is made in such a way to create doubt without ever saying anything factual (10% fact 90% suggestion rule - see #2 below)
-he/she perceives me as a hypster or a foe and is attempting to lead me (see #8 below)
-his/her comment is posed as a question not realy a fact in order to create critical thinking (see #18 below)
-he/she attempts to goad those he/she perceives as hypsters into personal debates in order to distract them; by no means take this post as success on his/her
part as I am very focused and long on LAN (see #27 below)
Well that should be enough. Don't waste too much time but do review the list below as it clearly identifies the savy techniques of the Basher and makes it
easy to pick them out, such as beenaroundtheblock, footer69 for example.
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PAID BASHER GUIDELINES
1. Be anonymous
2. Use 10% fact. 90% suggestion. The facts will lend credibility to your suggestions
3. Let others help you learn about the stock. Build rapport and a support base before bashing
4. Enter w/ humor and reply to all who reply to you.
5. Use multiple ISP's, handles and aliases
6. Use 2 or more aliases to simulate a discussion.
7. Do not start with an all out slam of the stock. Build to it.
8. Identify your foes (hypsters) and the boards +guru+. Use them to your advantage. Lead them, do not follow their lead.
9. Only bash until the tide/momentum turns. Let doubt carry it the rest of the way.
10. Give the appearance of being open minded.
11. Be bold in your statements. People follow strength.
12. Write headlines in caps with catchy statements.
13. Pour it on as your opponent/stock gains momentum, not you.
14. Don't worry about being labeled a +basher+. Newbies won't know your history.
15. When identified put up a brief fight, then back off. Return in an hour.
16. Your goal is to limit the momentum of the run. Not tank the company or create a plunge in the stock.
17. Kill the dreams of profits, not the company or the stock.
18. Use questions to create critical thinking, statements to reinforce facts.
19. DO NOT LIE, NAME CALL OR USE PROFANITY.
20. Encourage people to call the company, 99% won't. They'll take your word for claims made.
21. Discourage people for taking the companies word for anything. Encourage them to call the company. They won't out of laziness.
22. If the companies history/PR's are negative constantly point to that. Compile a list of this data prior to beginning your efforts.
23. If the price rises blame it on the hype or the PR, temporary mass reaction, the market, etc. Anything but the stock itself.
24. If other posters share your concerns, play on that and share theirs too.
25. Always cite low volume, even when it's not.
26. 3-4 aliases can dominate a board.
27. Goad the hypsters into personal debates putting their focus/efforts on you and not the stock or facts.
28. Promote other stocks would-be investors can turn to instead of the one your bashing.
WHY BASHERS BASH
1. They want to buy/re-buy more at a lower price so they try to artificially bash it down knowing their efforts are temporary at best and the stock will
rebound soon. THEY ARE THE PRO'S,
2. They bought in at a higher price and must +average down+. Lets say they own shares at .50 and they need to sell soon but the stock is stuck between .25
and .35. How do they sell without a big loss? They bash the stock
down to .15 or so, they buy more shares at the new low price, combine them with the other stocks at .50 and they now have a new +average+ price of .33
for their whole block. That's an easier and faster exit price than their original .50 They are not the PRO bashers. They are the idiots with bad timing. But
what they do can work if they're dedicated enough.