I don't think it is helpful in trying to blame other posters for...

I don't think it is helpful in trying to blame other posters for the situation we are in. Popular stocks on HC are always played by the big players who can make lots of coin from even a few pips. ZMI and JCS are just the latest two. Before it was PAK etc. What happens is people who have done the hard yards when it is on no one's radar research it, get set then mention it on HC. I don't think there's anything philosophically wrong with that. One just has to be aware that everyone has an agenda which is to make money. If you can't accept that, you shouldn't be playing the stock market. Just have to make sure you do your own research and not rely on someone else's. Maybe best to wait for the retrace after the initial buzz of interest to buy in. In my case it was a forgotten about buy order which was hit at 2.8c. Not very smart of me but was my fault and no one else's.