My friends, I think you both, and others, are refering to the...

My friends, I think you both, and others, are refering to the current 'symptoms' rather than the cause. The current lack of interest in APG, as reflected by low trading volumes and drifting share price, indeed highly correlate with the low level of HC posts. Both are co-effects and symptoms of the same cause. Both are caused by and are related to, IMHO, the lack of fresh news in the form of company announcements. This is not part of a market manipulation strategy as currently there cannot be a high level of exciting HC posts written to 'trick' and attract buyers. How can a stock's price be ramped without new news? This is, however, simply a lull of unknown duration ahead of the next buying frenzy.