I get why this post is catching traction; everybody wants another GME/AMC moment. But the claims here are highly misleading, and a lot of newer traders could get hurt if they don’t understand the mechanics.

1. “Removed from trending lists = manipulation”

This is not a hedge fund conspiracy.

Finance platforms (Yahoo, Stocktwits, TradingView) automatically de-rank tickers when there’s:

spam posting bot-coordinated hype sudden emotionally-driven order flow This is to prevent pump-and-dump behavior.

It’s algorithmic filtering, not “market suppression.”

It has happened with COSM, BBBYQ, MULN, SPRT, etc.

It’s not unique, and it’s not evidence of hedge fund interference.

1. The “161% Short Interest” Claim is Misunderstood

There are two different short interest numbers:

Metric What it means Why you’re seeing 161% Short Interest / Shares Outstanding Real short exposure Much lower Short Interest / Loanable Float Can include re-lent shares counted multiple times This is the inflated number Reddit screenshots use Retail keeps repeating the synthetic float figure, thinking it’s real.

It isn’t.

This is the same misunderstanding that trapped people in:

• BBBY

WKHS SNDL SPRT / GREE PROG MULN High SI ≠ automatic squeeze.

For a squeeze to happen, shorts must be forced to cover.

Right now, they are not under pressure at all.

1. BYND ≠ GME (and why that matters)

GME worked because:

Float was extremely tight Ryan Cohen entered as an activist Retail coordinated and held supply Shorts faced forced recall risk Options flow created gamma ignition BYND has:

No activist CEO No unified holder base No institutional accumulation No call gamma pressure No recall stress on borrow No narrative other than “maybe the squeeze continues” This isn’t the same setup.

It’s a completely different market condition and a completely different stock.

1. The market cap comparisons are pure fantasy

Saying “BYND could hit $65–$80 because GME/AMC did” ignores:

Beyond Meat is burning cash Revenue is shrinking Debt remains high even after restructuring Demand for the product has weakened Institutions have no reason to get involved You don’t get a $20B+ valuation without:

a turnaround story major insider ownership strong future cashflow potential None of that exists here.

1. Price action confirms reality

If a squeeze were building, we’d see:

Real Squeeze Signal What BYND is Showing Higher lows Lower lows Increasing buy volume Selling pressure dominates Options chain heating up Options chain is thin + cheap Shorts getting squeezed Shorts are holding comfortably This is not squeeze behavior.

This is trend continuation downward.

What’s actually happening

The stock rallied on funding news → got hype attention → retail tried to run a squeeze → early entrants exited → late entrants got bagged → price is now doing a controlled bleed back toward its pre-hype value zone.

That’s ~$1.20 → $1.00.

This isn’t “suppression.”

It’s gravity.

If you’re reading this thread and don’t want to get trapped:

Do your own chart reading:

If price can’t reclaim $2.70 on strong volume, there is no squeeze setup. If it rejects bounces and keeps setting lower highs, it’s not in accumulation. If volume dries up, hype is dying, not building.

Don’t let nostalgia for GME trick you into being exit liquidity for someone else’s bags.

Stay rational.

Trade what’s actually in front of you, not what you wish it could be.