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Re: Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 180K in few hours

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Post by AndrewBissell »

px43 wrote: post #71
jokethrowaway wrote: post #6

If someone predicted 10 years ago what Big Tech did in the last years, they would have been labeled conspiracy theorist.

Where did you live 10 years ago that wasn't run by corporate greed and corruption, or were you just too young to remember it? If anything, things are better now than they were 10 years ago, and things were even worse 10 years before that. One reason that things are getting better is that more people are paying attention, which makes that fun paradox where a bunch of people who are new to this whole thing perceive the…

Very curious what specifically makes you see things as less corrupt or people as paying more attention. The CARES Act was as bad as anything passed during the financial crisis and sailed through Congress with nary a word of objection or media scrutiny.

Re: Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 180K in few hours

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Post by pkaye »

ironmagma wrote: post #79
JKCalhoun wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, really. Can anyone point to counter-examples?

There are a few -- Glassdoor, and Google reviews let you post bad reviews of businesses even if they have tons of money. That's not to say I disagree that big money runs things, just that it's not 100%.

Glassdoor is gamed. I've spoken to some multiple HR people who make fake reviews for their employer to counteract some bad reviews. I wouldn't trust it for smaller companies.

Re: Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 180K in few hours

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Post by Avicebron »

cabalamat wrote: post #147
p2t2p wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

May be, but if "split up big tech" becomes a viable path to being elected things may change _suddenly_

Last year Elizabeth Warren called for Facebook to be split up. Facebook censored it. So things may change suddenly, but in one of two directions: 1. big tech being split up 2. big tech exercising the control they have over politics, by controlling speech, to prevent being split up The second option would of course be the final end of democracy in America.

We have democracy in America?

Re: Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 180K in few hours

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Post by alvah »

cabalamat wrote: post #124
partiallypro wrote: post #8

How were these not overall real reviews? If they can't prove otherwise, this just entrenches the idea that big money is vastly more powerful than small voices. I honestly don't see how if this trend continues how things will end well. It's not just about Robinhood, etc, it's deplatforming, using AWS, etc as a weapon against smaller voices. I can't see this ending well.

> I honestly don't see how if this trend continues how things will end well. It will likely end with ordinary people being really cynical about the motives of big tech, the financial services industry, the media, and the ruling class generally. It is likely that what these entities say will be generally disbelieved, even when they are telling the truth. Sooner or later another populist will come along who wants to sh…

That's not how it ends, that cuts off the story halfway through. Also, the next populist will likely make Trump look level-headed and restrained.

Re: Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 180K in few hours

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Post by Alupis »

mhh__ wrote: post #75
b215826 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But... but... I thought he was a misogynistic pervert who needs to be expunged from the face of the earth.

Can he be both? He seems like a fucking odd guy, but he's not stupid in any way.

"Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them."

- George Orwell, "1984"

Stallman, like most of us (and nearly all prominent historical figures) can posses both positive and negative traits simultaneously. The good isn't always outweighed by the bad, and vice versa.

Nuance is a difficult thing sometimes...

Re: Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 180K in few hours

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Post by pipeoperator »

empressplay wrote: post #12

I think it's becoming crystal clear Americans live in an oligarchy, not a democracy.

Apparently the US is now considered an anocracy [0] losing the title of the world’s oldest, continuous democracy.

[0] https://www.systemicpeace.org/

Re: Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 180K in few hours

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Post by frongpik »

We must be watching a budget 1 star movie. In the first half of the movie, the action takes place in a casino. Players have figured how to win the rigged game and the casino is losing big money. Managers have to drop the pretense they follow the rules.

Re: Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 180K in few hours

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Post by mhh__ »

fooqux wrote: post #101
mhh__ wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe, but Google are in a different league to these funds.

Google the corporation? Sure. Many of the managers and workers at Google? Quite likely have a stake in what goes down on Wall Street.

That's more plausible but still relatively unlikely if you consider both how Google usually operate and who'd have clearance to pull the trigger if this is what is being suggested.

On balance, I really think this is just an automated system that's being conservative. Would you be in any way surprised that Google would have such a thing looking for big impulses in activity?

Re: Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 180K in few hours

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Post by matthewrobertso »

fastball wrote: post #64
optimalsolver wrote: post #52

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They don't like their platform being manipulated by organized downvoting. Not rocket science.

Manipulated? I just gave a 1-star review on the iOS app store and am currently pulling all my money out of my RH account, because I don't like how RH is behaving. People all thinking something is shit is not manipulation, its just collective agreement.

I'm in the process of doing something similar. If you are as incensed as I am you might want to consider leaving a small amount of money < 1 USD in your account and opening an unused credit card with them.
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