I dont think you can class him as a fellow shareholder. If they owned shares they would be looking to find the positives or else figure they had blown their money. If I blow my money on stocks, and I have in the past, I dont bother watching or paying any attention that that stock any more. If I think it still has a chance then of course I would still be following it. I just think that when somebody starts slagging a stock they really dont have any interest in it or have nothing else to do cause they cant afford to play the market.