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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by Theory5 on Friday January 29, 2021 @12:48AM (#25954485)
Wow, it's almost like private companies don't want to be seen supporting terrible people who have done terrible things, such as damage a democracy by incompetence and malice. Or encouraged and emboldened extremists cumulating in an attempt to actually harm the leaders of a country, or illegally obtain a gun, shot several people, then was seen associating with extremists who regularly call for and perpetrate violence.
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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by tal8d on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:13AM (#25957372)
Well those private companies wouldn't be seen as "supporting" anybody, if they behaved with any level of consistency and transparency. It is a problem of their own making, with every virtue signal further compounding expectations. I suspect that the majority of people you hate probably have phone numbers and receive mail, but I don't believe that AT&T and UPS "support" them - because those companies don't pull these stupid stunts. Debanking is starting to get normalized... and the new liberal battle cry is "private companies!"
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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by paulddraper on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:25PM (#25970926)
Yes, that's why deplatforming happens.
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