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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 smnrchrds »

syops wrote: post #394
smnrchrds wrote: post #300

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Median is a form of average. Here is the first definition for average from Merriam-Webster: > a single value (such as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/average

Have you ever used "average" when you meant median? Carlin is speaking in the vernacular. I've never heard anyone use "average" when they meant median.

I have. When I talk about "the average person," I usually mean median or mode. Otherwise, you end up with hilarious statements like "the average family has 1.88 cars" which does not make logical sense.

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

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Post by jquery »

tinyhouse wrote: post #368
argomo wrote: post #351

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't see any overlap between Google's executive board and Robinhood, but it's a small world among power players at that level. Someone could have called in a favor (or been trying to curry one). Without more information, it's hard to say whether this was a good faith move by Google, reflexive algorithmic moderation, or another example of American extractionalism.

Please, some common sense. Google is one of the wealthist and powerful companies in the world. RH is one app out of millions in their play store. No one at Google is stupid enough to do RH a favor. It's not the first time nor the last time they do something like like this. Their tos doesn't allow rating manipulation, which clearly happened here. They don't care if it justified or not.

All the insane conspiracy theories floating around, by people who mostly have no idea how trading/margin works, that this is just mean ol’ hedge funds trying to screw the little guy... I’m suddenly afraid of Trump 2.0, except he or she is gonna be a lot more competent and brutal. Jan 6 was just the warmup.

There is so much wrath, envy, and greed out there, and so much willingness to believe whatever fits one’s preconceived notions of how the world works.

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

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Post by gerash »

luord wrote: post #252

I have little to no interest in any stock market, but everything that's happening around r/wallstreetbets right now is nothing short of fascinating. Almost seems like a domino effect, revealing step by step how much control these companies have, at least beyond the tech sphere[1], and how interconnected they are. I mean, not that I'm really surprised by this happening with Google[2], but still I didn't expect them to…

Things are often less intentionally sinister than they look. In this case I believe they're following the policy of removing a mob like review attack.

However the effect is still undesired where a group of unhappy users can't express their dissatisfaction through the review system

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

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Post by paulddraper »

mhh__ wrote: post #155
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.

Which deplatformings do you specifically refer to? The concern over them just seems way too tribal at the moment to be considered in league with the more serious allegations against Robinhood and the funds involved - that is big money. Wrt Parler specifically, I think a lot of the "solutions" (or sketches toward) on this site would quickly reveal that the optimal societal configuration is closer to what we have now t…

> Which deplatformings do you specifically refer to?

President (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram), White House, Parler (Google Play, Apple, AWS), MyPillow guy, anyone who utters the phrase "stop the steal" on Facebook, Kyle Rittenhouse (Facebook, GoFundMe, Discover)

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

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Post by ripply »

rnotaro wrote: post #367
benji_is_me wrote: post #248

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The original (now banned) discord had >300k members alone.

Discord have an hard limit of 250 000 users so that's a lie.

The discord group is back up, you can see how many members it has yourself - 378,303

https://discord.com/invite/wallstreetbets

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

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Post by gmanley »

sangnoir wrote: post #289
happytoexplain wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does "manipulation" mean here, and why is it bad? What does "organized" mean here? I personally left a 1-star review detailing why I think the app deserves it before I heard anything about the review bombing. If a significant portion of it is "organized", why is that bad? You're making many large assumptions, not to mention framing them antagonistically ("not rocket science").

This is brigading - people were not reviewing the app (which the app rating is supposed to measure), but retaliating against a (valid) slight from Robinhood. Seen in that light, the recent mass voting is noise.

In this case their "slight" directly affected the functionality of the App: I was unable to buy or even view certain stocks. To me that is clearly App functionality that should be subject to user review and rating.

Mass shifts in public opinion due to actual changes in how the App behaves is not brigading nor retaliation and should not be protected against.

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

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Post by jquery »

dalbasal wrote: post #268

OK what? What the f%#$ is going on here?!! What triggered Alphabet to suddenly get involved? I'm assuming that these reviews didn't appear recently, suddenly or something. Discord shuts down WallStreetBets and reddit throttle them.. both for hate speech. Suddenly, simultaneously and coincidentally during their maneuver. The CEO of the NASDAQ rushes to a camera calling for SEC scrutiny and tightening regulation, weari…

All that’s missing is a dishonest Trump tweet telling everyone what to think about the situation.

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

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Post by benji_is_me »

rnotaro wrote: post #367
benji_is_me wrote: post #248

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The original (now banned) discord had >300k members alone.

Discord have an hard limit of 250 000 users so that's a lie.

That's incorrect. Server owners can request limit increases. The official replacement server already has ~380k members.

https://i.imgur.com/EdREGic.png

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

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Post by dalbasal »

jquery wrote: post #417
dalbasal wrote: post #268

OK what? What the f%#$ is going on here?!! What triggered Alphabet to suddenly get involved? I'm assuming that these reviews didn't appear recently, suddenly or something. Discord shuts down WallStreetBets and reddit throttle them.. both for hate speech. Suddenly, simultaneously and coincidentally during their maneuver. The CEO of the NASDAQ rushes to a camera calling for SEC scrutiny and tightening regulation, weari…

All that’s missing is a dishonest Trump tweet telling everyone what to think about the situation.

Lol. I hadn't even thought of him. He's probably deep in twitter withdrawal atm. All this action. All the other famous billionaires tweeting.

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

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Post by alisonkisk »

karmasimida wrote: post #187
0-_-0 wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone could become US president riding this public sentiment. Let's see if it decays in 4 years...

> could become US president riding this public sentiment It already happened 4 years ago.

That was the sarcastic joke.
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