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> For whatever reason, speculation is pretty rampant whenever it comes to Tesla accidents. That, and we seem to hear about every single Tesla that gets into an
by Natsu 5y ago
> For whatever reason, speculation is pretty rampant whenever it comes to Tesla accidents.
That, and we seem to hear about every single Tesla that gets into an accident in detail, whereas with other cars there's just a brief blurb during the news about how another 10 car pile-up blocked the freeway for an hour.
So I wonder at this point which PR firm is making sure that every single Tesla accident makes the news?
- fastball 5y agoI also don't know very many companies with a group of short-sellers so determined and coordinated that they've named themselves ("TSLAQ"), so makes sense they are also much more keen on ensuring every shred of negative press gets signal-boosted as much as possible.
- paxys 5y agoIt's not a conspiracy. Tesla is among the most watched and followed companies in the world. A large number of people have huge positions on its stock, both long and short. Its CEO is one of the richest and possibly the most divisive businessman/celebrity in the world. All news related to it – both positive and negative – is greatly amplified.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 5y agoShorts must have the stock go down at a certain time. Longs don't. So shorts are far more incentivized to promote fake news every now and then (or they get margin-called).