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

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

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Post by fastball »

matthewrobertso wrote: post #170
fastball wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Wait what does this do?

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

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Post by brandonmenc »

coldtea wrote: post #127
alexashka wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If anyone predicted Trump becoming president 10 years ago, they would've been labelled a lunatic. Reality is stranger than the fiction we all live within, because fiction has the constraints of being something we can comprehend and live with. It has to be redeeming and hopeful, reality doesn't.

Well, Reagan became president back in 1981, which wasn't much different. If anything he was just an actor (before getting into politics, which is even less qualification that a salesman/real estate guy. And, aside from spending on BS like "Star Wars" and escalating things with USSR, Reagan also established the neoliberal greedy nightmare we live in since.

> If anything he was just an actor

Well, he was also a union big shot for over two decades, eventually elected as president of SAG.

Then, he was governor of California for nearly a decade.

So, quite a bit more qualification than "just an actor."

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

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Post by mancerayder »

aaomidi wrote: post #38

Why do people keep needing proof that big money runs everything.

It sounds conspiratorial to the average person, who isn't all that politicized or interested -- until it gets 'em. When it comes for you, it gets ya (via deplatforming or stock shennanigans or mortgage crisis bailouts or big wars and lies or whatever), and the online mainstream media Zeitgeist seems to support it, you join in on the understanding that big money corrupts and populism is worth a thought or two.

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

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Post by jackweirdy »

pgrote wrote: post #102
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.

I wish I could find it, but 10 years ago, probably longer now, there was a prescient video where there turned out to be only 4 tech companies left. Something like amazgooglesoft or something. The narrator had a deep voice and I think it was funded by a media company. Edit: Found it through the keywords, "old prediction video where amazon microsoft google buy everything" lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUHBPuHS-7s…

Maybe a 30 Rock bit (or just coincidence):

GE. Proud to be one of America’s 6 companies

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

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Post by ttt0 »

malwrar wrote: post #173
centimeter wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a good idea to stop and think why megacorps all uniformly support modern social justice movements. Beneficial side effects include: * Racial diversity decreases worker cohesion and therefore unionization risk. * Dozens of reasons to get canceled means that anyone who has a social following can be torn down if they pose a threat.

I think it’s more likely emergent behavior born of individual executives making decisions that benefit their image and career, rather than some conspiracy. Having a diverse team looks good and deflects the political eye of Sauron from the largely white male upper management types, who are de-facto racists/sexists/etc in the pop culture lens. Who knows, maybe some of them genuinely believe that preferential hiring of…

> I think it’s more likely emergent behavior born of individual executives making decisions that benefit their image and career, rather than some conspiracy.

https://archive.fo/1khJw#selection-1877.0-1877.86

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Post by Romanulus »

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%.

Ah yes... Google Reviews. Google never does anything evil!

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

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Post by ROARosen »

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…

> If anything, things are better now than they were 10 years ago, and things were even worse 10 years before that

While things are truly better in certain aspects, the percentage of people relying on these companies now - as opposed to then - makes up for the less bad-ness.

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Post by kerng »

simias wrote: post #115
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 think it's a tough decision to make. In general I understand that Google would prevent review bombing, since it can very easily be abused by social media mobs or competitors. The point of reviews is to give a genuine idea of how people on average like a given app. Reviem bombing completely distorts that, whether it be 1-star or 5-star reviews. But here it's a pretty huge app, and the bombing is motivated by a real…

Not really. Many of people are rightfully upset and want to leave a 1 star review. It would be extremely inappropriate if Google removed my review.

I think the app sucks if they can just prevent you from trading a stock and make you the bagholder in favor of large investors. Seems like a legitimate concern that hundred thousands of other people share - not some organized random prank. People are losing money as we speak.

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Post by f430 »

I recall not too long ago people were balking at the idea.

HN isn't immune either. Try posting any criticism of Github's half assed apology to the Jewish engineer who simply said "watch out for Nazis" on Capitol Hill.

Try bringing up the anti-semitic memes being posted inside Github's work environment allegedly.

I guarantee you will be downvoted and flagged. Not only that but all of your other comments in your history will be downvoted.

Go ahead, try it. I've repeatedly experienced this and I don't care if I get banned now because it would confirm our greatest fears that not too long ago were brushed off as "partisan conspiracy theory".

The silver lining is that Fediverse is gaining more and more support until one day it becomes a serious contender.

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