Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while

Re:Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went priv... by newswasboring on Thursday January 28, 2021 @04:14AM (#25939862)

I agree, it is indeed very curious timing. But lets apply Occam's razor here. What makes more sense?

A cabal of rich people pressuring an unrelated gaming chat company to ban a subreddit which is attempting to destroy a hedge fund?

The increased popularity of WSB leads to increased scrutiny of everything associated with it and discord has a brand to protect?

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Re:Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went priv... by Ygg2 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @05:59AM (#25940465)

I'm gonna go with A).

It's simpler to just ring a friend of a friend than to worry about WSB Discord rn. At this exact point in time.

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Re:Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went priv... by newswasboring on Thursday January 28, 2021 @09:35AM (#25942291)

> friend of a friend

there is no proof that this connection exists

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Re:Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went priv... by Ygg2 on Friday January 29, 2021 @03:23AM (#25955235)

I'd bet my house all the CEOs and Wallstreet have less than four degrees of separation between each other.

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