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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

#451

Probably an automated system, detecting reviews by people who haven't actually used the app. Google is basically an AI-run company at this point.

Doesn't abstain them from taking responsibility. What if there were bunch of legit bad reviews that got deleted?

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

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post #451

Probably an automated system, detecting reviews by people who haven't actually used the app. Google is basically an AI-run company at this point.

Doesn't abstain them from taking responsibility. What if there were bunch of legit bad reviews that got deleted?

.. responsibility? Google? I don't see how this would hurt their advertisers.

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

#455

We’ve got billions of people who need to feel sufficient confidence in the media and authorities to take vaccines nobody has used before at a time when every media outlet has some agenda to monkey around with what we know to be true. Not cool.

People have taken them before. There were tests. A relative of mine was in one. Furthermore, the media doesn't certify which vaccines are safe. There are various governmental agencies in different countries for that.

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

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post #452

Probably an automated system, detecting reviews by people who haven't actually used the app. Google is basically an AI-run company at this point.

And the 130,000 employees all work on new Messengers?

New video chat apps

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

#457

We’ve got billions of people who need to feel sufficient confidence in the media and authorities to take vaccines nobody has used before at a time when every media outlet has some agenda to monkey around with what we know to be true. Not cool.

People have taken them before. There were tests. A relative of mine was in one. Furthermore, the media doesn't certify which vaccines are safe. There are various governmental agencies in different countries for that.

> Furthermore, the media doesn't certify which vaccines are safe.

The media plays a critical role in encouraging people to get a vaccine.

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

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post #451

Probably an automated system, detecting reviews by people who haven't actually used the app. Google is basically an AI-run company at this point.

Doesn't abstain them from taking responsibility. What if there were bunch of legit bad reviews that got deleted?

Responsibility for what, exactly? They don't have a responsibility to publish any particular review in the store. They're free to include/exclude/weight the data they receive to give you star ratings for apps in any way they'd like. Vote clumps like this one tend to make star ratings less trustworthy as a measure of the true quality of an app, so I'd expect an app store operator to discount them.

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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 sp…

Clarification: It did not prevent you from selling your holdings (ie. did not make you a bag holder). It only prevented you from opening a new position.

It prevented people that bought on margin from selling during tomorrow’s short squeeze, since it auto-liquidated their positions.

At the same time as it auto-liquidated the positions, it blocked attempts to purchase the liquidated stock.

One of their major investors directly benefited from the resulting market distortion.

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