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Re:The Reddit GME short squeeze game plan (143 days old) by elliekelly on Saturday January 30, 2021 @02:36PM (#25972195)
I actually agree about RoaringKitty/DeepFuckingValue. From what I've seen none of his posts or comments were at all encouraging or even insinuating that others should follow his lead. His YouTube channel even has a disclaimer video. In an ideal world he'd include that disclaimer at the beginning and end of every video but the fact that he has one at all at least demonstrates he's thought about the potential market implications and taken steps to make sure his followers don't take his commentary the wrong way. I'm actually a bit curious if DFV will be hired as a PM by a hedge fund when the dust settles. I don't think GME is the first time his thesis has paid off.

But the people saying things like "buy GME and call your broker to instruct them not to lend your shares" or encouraging people to go "all in" and the comments specifically encouraging others to buy GME to screw $hedgeFund have left a pretty clear paper trail of their intent to induce others to purchase and manipulate the market.

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Re:The Reddit GME short squeeze game plan (143 days old) by nrmitchi on Saturday January 30, 2021 @03:30PM (#25972683)
> bit curious if DFV will be hired as a PM by a hedge fund when the dust settles

I kind of doubt this. Lightning rarely stricks twice, and unless he has a history of these sorts of moves who knows if he'll have a pick like this again.

Also, the money would have to be reallly good considering he's by-far set for life after this.

My biggest concern for him at this point is that he'll get dragged in to investigations regarding this. I agree with you that he specifically doesn't seem to have done anything wrong. I don't think he even ever said "You should do this", or insinuated that others should; it was just a "This is what I'm doing and here are my reasons why".

I hope the next couple years of his life aren't an absolute shit-show dealing with fallout of being the most "high profile" name (so far).

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