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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

"These idiots bought Doge and AMC, of course they'll give us money πŸš€πŸš€πŸ’ŽπŸ‘Š" - Spez, probably.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could this also be a way to retain users? Have people financially invested in the companies future, making them do more work for no pay

Assuming the price hops up during the IPO, could it be worth using the opportunity and then dumping it?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Assuming the price hops up

Assuming the price hops up

Assuming the price hops up

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Plenty of IPO's don't hop up. You're still placing a bet on how their stock will perform with 0 history to estimate volatility.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'd pay good money to smash that face with a frying pan.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (2 children)

PLEASE BUY A PART OF MY SINKING SHIP

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But if you've changed all the parts of the ship and replaced them with shittier parts, is it still the same ship?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

The Shit of Theseus.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Still the same captain, so yep.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

He FA so now we're all about to FO:-).

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Come back, come back my little Rats, it's a chance to invest!!!

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know this may not get seen but anyone who jumps in on this will basically end up linking their Reddit account name to their real info. Let that sink in.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Lol does that mean reddit is breaking its own site wide rules and mass doxxing people?

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My guess is that the current Reddit Inc. investors know that the price per share will sink in the initial public offering. So to squeeze a bit more cash, they're trying to sell some shares to suckers who are emotionally invested into the platform, before the IPO.

If that's correct it's extremely scummy, bait-and-switch behaviour. And damn stupid given that Reddit's CEO Steve "Greedy Pigboy" Huffman was taunting and pissing off powerusers and moderators not too long ago.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Reddit doing something extremely scummy? Never!

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

β€œEligible” you note skeptically? Yes. Unfortunately, there are a ton of imposed legal restrictions defining when, who, and how we do this. So while our goal is to give all redditors the same access to stock as institutional investors (why should they have all the fun?), our lawyercats can confirm we must follow specific rules explained below.

Really angling for a certain demographic, huh?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

just exactly WHAT is it about that writing style that makes it sound so fucking pretentious?

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Why do I have to be a US citizen? Are EU citizens not gooed enough to be scammed?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

Probably consumer protection...

Reddit is trying to profit off everyone they can, and these idiots are about to tie real name and contact info to their reddit profiles.

That makes the data reddit has much more valuable to people who buy data.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

Europe has a shitload of requirements that shares must meet in order to be sold to your average private person, including stock info in your native language, and a proper risk assesment.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Bro if you want to lose money, you can just send it to me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd move to Europ again to avoid this. Probably would be cheaper too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Nope, needs more goo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not relevant to whether someone can buy stock. Lots of Europeans own stock in American companies.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

Ah… found the WallStreetBets refuge

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Part of me hopes none of them are dumb enough to fall for this. Part of me hopes redditors somehow end up as the majority owners of Reddit and either a) return it to being a good website or b) wreak absolute havoc.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would love a good pump and dump tbh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ELI5 How would a pump and dump work here. If you buy stock to pump it up then everyone dumps. Isn't it just back to where it started in value?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For that to happen the pre-IPO price would have to be lower than the perceived peak which is a gamble here. The goal would be to buy as much as possible and sell it as soon as it goes up to make a profit off of it, and be rid of it before you’re left when it crashes. The problem I see is that window is hopefully gonna be very short and you’re not gonna be able to time it. So it’s a serious risk.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well you can do this risk free if you understand the bare minimum of how to use a stock trading account.

Once you have your shares you immediately put a limit sell trailing percent or dollars order on the security. What this does is automatically sells the stock the very second it drops by the amount you set.

So with reddit you set it to sell at something like 2% and then the second it drops below that you cash out with your money.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

They seem to imply they dont want to even sell that many shares if its too popular so theyre probably precisely rigging it in their favor.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're going to pump and dump their own userbase?

That surely won't backfire this time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's all about perspective. There's no backfiring if your goal was to make money with no regard to the longevity of the platform.

Do you think Reddit cares if the platform tanks after they make all their money?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm very sad I can't reply to this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You put your reply into the only place that matters to us: the Fediverse:-).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

πŸ₯ΉπŸ₯Ή

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Nobody commented on my battery. Nice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's because those are rookie numbers. Real ones wait to make a screenshot post until their phones are at 2%

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hold my charger.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

26% seems fine compared to many I've seen before.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Charge yer phone

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"This special program lets redditors purchase stock!"

Wow, you're gonna LET ME GIVE YOU MONEY? Go fuck yourselves

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