I think that message board postings don't matter for larger stocks but look at the volume here and the total dollars traded every day. An increase in buyers at a rate of $5000/day would significantly move the stock up. Conversely, you might argue that an equal amount of shorting would drive the price down. I do not think that most investors would buy stock based on message board posts but I am sure some would and on thinly traded stocks, that is all you would need to move the price.

I don't post on the sites that these messages originate from because I think it would be somewhat inefficient. If someone is into message boards and gets an idea from a different board, I would think that they would go to the target stock board. Besides; I don't think the cut and paste job that the pumps do presents a credible promotion when it is exposed.

I am sure that in the long run, you are right about what will move this stock and that is profitability. I don't think that corporate profits are what the boiler room group is thinking about. As I noted earlier, I have not said a great deal about the company itself because that is not why I am here. Mabey the people that the boiler room sucks in will be luckey here but that is far from obvious to a casual investor. This particular group has spammed about some terrible investments that I am familiar with and I somewhat enjoy making sure that the record is set straight.