None of the successful stuff is coordinating a pump and dump. You may get the odd post where someone does try but it doesn't go anywhere.
> But, actually, some of the WSB stuff is openly coordinated strategy, not intelligence, overtly seeking to manipulate enough action to cause an outcome, not providing intelligence/analysis on what os likely to occur without active intervention
That would not be correct, no. If you're talking about trying to trigger a short squeeze then that is mechanically different from a pump and dump.
A short squeeze does not require the participants to raise the price, it requires a restriction of the publicly available float in order to trap "shorts" and then, when their options expire and they must purchase the shares to satisfy the contract, it creates a massive demand for shares on what is now an illiquid stock and this results in the price rising.
There have been many occasions when they have tried to squeeze a stock but I have not seen one where they have tried to attempt a pump and dump.
