RE: tecs23 Feb 2019 11:37
Steal is a strong word mate lol
Social mediums like this - FB/Twitter etc - are just behavoural fishing nets for the big money that utilises the captured data - likes/retweets/share page views/posts/tickups etc and there's nothing wrong with that imo. The ratio of fake:real accounts will be exactly the same on here as it is on those other sites, i.e. about 5:1 :)
The money guys look for any edge they can get as I do with my TA chart stuff - this place is dominated by AIM/PI money and AIM is dominated by short positions that explode into ridiculous rises when they've been "chosen" by the money guys because there's a good story to sell and they think the herd is onto it.
These guys are hugely minted but still capable of getting on the wrong side of a trade if the herd moves against them so any forward-read they can get from behaviour on sites like this (before the money arrives/leaves because then it's too late) gives them a possible edge and that's all fair game imo.
They'll know whose chat history is clicked on the most by the masses and they know that the vast, vast majority of PI money/people will *never* post on here so tracking the most "followed" makes perfect sense.
If your name is on that "Queen Bee" list then as likely as not they think you've got some "pull" and if you say you like something then, perhaps, a portion of your "hive" will follow you in and that then makes it worth their while giving it a view before deciding to back it or not - some they will, some they won't but again, it's not about dead-certs, it's about getting an edge - there's a thousand companies on AIM so they can't track em all visually ahead of the money arriving/leaving and there's no profit to be made without PI money to drive the machine ...