So you've probably seen a ton of these posts about brokers paying people to lend out their shares. I think some of this is a hedge fund psy op to get the idea exposure and get more people who are low on money enrolled. But why would they borrow shares if they can just create naked shorts?

When you enroll in the program to lend your shares out you also lose your ability to vote. I'm assuming the person/entity who is paying to borrow the share takes over that right. I think they are warming up people to the idea of borrowing out their shares a month before a big vote to use your voting power to sabotage the results and delay the squeeze.

I could be totally wrong but this is just an idea I had this morning.