WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money anymore

Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by ufmace on Thursday January 28, 2021 @11:09AM (#25944056)

I'm wondering about this. I was a little skeptical of the whole David-vs-Goliath bring-down-wall-st thing. But if it's really true that this is just one small and low-relevance hedge fund getting their ass handed to them for doing something dumb, then why does it feel like there's a whole machine trying so hard to tear down /r/wallstreetbets and distort the entire retail investing market to stop it?

Why did Discord ban their server on a flimsy pretext right at the height of the attention? Why is there a sudden flood of articles about how this is all so very concerning in the mainstream financial press? Why are they mobilizing the universal weapon of calling everything they don't like Nazis?

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Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by ryandrake on Thursday January 28, 2021 @12:04PM (#25944928)

Nobody cares about these two hedge funds in particular, but they are concerned in general about retail investors having some way to band together to move a (very small) market. If it can happen to one fund it can happen to any random fund on Wall Street and that kind of risk and uncertainty can’t be allowed.

Same mentality when companies that try to fight unions forming, even those forming at their competitors. A few Amazon employees want to form a union? The entire retail industry will suddenly show their support for Amazon. Can’t set the president of allowing the little guy anywhere to get used to being able to band together and take collective action.

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Re:WallStreetBets vs WallStreet: It's not about the money an... by alisonkisk on Thursday January 28, 2021 @04:26PM (#25949505)

Because like anything that gets suddenly popular, r/wsb and discord wsb got flooded with spammers.

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