"I started the @tesla_truth Twitter handle on November 27, 2018 to refute the disinformation campaign orchestrated by a group of Tesla short sellers who called themselves “$TSLAQ”, noting their intent to bankrupt the company in order to make money betting against the stock."<p>1. This is a truly bizarre take on what shorting is, but Musk describes shorting in a similar way, so I guess it's not surprising that a fanboy ate it up.<p>2. You don't need a disinformation campaign to short Tesla. You can be a long Tesla shareholder and that is A-OK. You can also look at Tesla's valuation & current financials and think holy moly, what are these people smoking. Welcome to the free market, where we collectively price things based on the interplay between these 2 groups.<p>3. I can guarantee you that only some statistically insignificant number of shorters care if Tesla goes bankrupt or not. They, in their judgement, see a market opportunity where Tesla is overpriced, and they're calling it. Some of these people might be Tesla owners or fans, who cares.<p>Then the rest of the article is just a general screed / immature clickbait stuff (like, I don't know, putting "Steve Jobs is Dead" for clicks or whatever). People need to grow up.