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WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by skohan »

pelasaco wrote: post #18
moooo99 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is that greenwashing? Those are private individuals, not corporations.

One could interpret it as greenwashing for sure. Like who dares to act like a reddit community of people helping cute gorillas? IMO that's exactly the kind of tension that they want to create. Transforming it in a meme, would be the superhero sweating, having to decide between button A (Save Wallstreet) or button B (Save the cute Gorillas)

> that's exactly the kind of tension that they want to create

Who's the "they" referring to in this sentence? We're talking about an online forum where people don't know eachother's names for the most part. It's a community known for reckless spending in the pursuit of humor. I see no reason to believe this is anything other than an action that a particular user took in an effort to be funny catching on and becoming a meme. There's no PR firm planning their actions in a centralized way.

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by yellowapple »

zozbot234 wrote: post #25
BiteCode_dev wrote: post #2

I don't see how is this news on hacker news. It's PR. Good intentions. Green washing. Charity. Total BS. Philantropy. Anything you want. But just because there is reddit in the title doesn't mean it's HN related, come on. Next time, what? Twitter CTO helped a grandma cross the street?

It's not just PR, it's literal gorilla marketing!

I feel like this is foreshadowing an era of literal gorilla warfare.

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by jasode »

make3 wrote: post #23
tener wrote: post #15

The title is confusing, perhaps worth changing "Reddit investors" to "Wall Street Bets users" or something similar. I genuinely thought the article would talk about owners of Reddit, not it's users.

also they don't adopt them, they fund their caretaking. this title is pretty poor.

>also they don't adopt them, they fund their caretaking. this title is pretty poor.

We don't have to be mega pedantic about words not being used for its literal meaning. The Dian Fossey Fund uses the word "adopt" in a symbolic way like many other charities do:

https://fosseyfund.salsalabs.org/adopthomepage/index.html

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by scandox »

leg100 wrote: post #16

“But we all know the wag’s definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.” ― George Eliot, Middlemarch

I think is a fair comment. The people involved probably wouldn't give the steam off their coffee to the someone struggling right in front of them.

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by pelasaco »

skohan wrote: post #31
pelasaco wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One could interpret it as greenwashing for sure. Like who dares to act like a reddit community of people helping cute gorillas? IMO that's exactly the kind of tension that they want to create. Transforming it in a meme, would be the superhero sweating, having to decide between button A (Save Wallstreet) or button B (Save the cute Gorillas)

> that's exactly the kind of tension that they want to create Who's the "they" referring to in this sentence? We're talking about an online forum where people don't know eachother's names for the most part. It's a community known for reckless spending in the pursuit of humor. I see no reason to believe this is anything other than an action that a particular user took in an effort to be funny catching on and becoming…

They = community of people. Are you assuming that none know each other and there is no personal communication among them? Because that's not the case.

From their own description "Like 4chan found a bloomberg terminal", and many similar actions were well coordinated from 4chan users

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by skohan »

pelasaco wrote: post #36
skohan wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> that's exactly the kind of tension that they want to create Who's the "they" referring to in this sentence? We're talking about an online forum where people don't know eachother's names for the most part. It's a community known for reckless spending in the pursuit of humor. I see no reason to believe this is anything other than an action that a particular user took in an effort to be funny catching on and becoming…

They = community of people. Are you assuming that none know each other and there is no personal communication among them? Because that's not the case. From their own description "Like 4chan found a bloomberg terminal", and many similar actions were well coordinated from 4chan users

I'm sorry but this seems paranoid to me. Where exactly do you think is the smoke filled room where the "leadership" is planning a PR campaign against hedge funds?

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by twic »

rossmohax wrote: post #29
skohan wrote: post #24

Just to put this in perspective, the global population of mountain gorillas is 1,063, so this represents the symbolic adoption of over 3 times the mountain gorillas alive in the wild! I hope this unexpected boon in capital will allow for some meaningful work in preserving and protecting these rare animals. It would be an interesting footnote in history if we can look back in 50 years and draw a line between an intern…

Gorilla squeeze is coming!

Gorillas are going to the moon.

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by habosa »

scandox wrote: post #34
leg100 wrote: post #16

“But we all know the wag’s definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.” ― George Eliot, Middlemarch

I think is a fair comment. The people involved probably wouldn't give the steam off their coffee to the someone struggling right in front of them.

Reddit has always been a place where you can find spontaneous generosity with a fun twist. Just one example: there was a popular sub many years ago called "randomactsofpizza" where Redditors would send pizza to other Redditors who were hungry or down on their luck.

I don't know why we should assume Redditors are less charitable than people at large when if anything they've demonstrated otherwise.

Re: WallStreetBets members adopt 3,500 gorillas in six days

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Post by vagrantJin »

scandox wrote: post #34
leg100 wrote: post #16

“But we all know the wag’s definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance.” ― George Eliot, Middlemarch

I think is a fair comment. The people involved probably wouldn't give the steam off their coffee to the someone struggling right in front of them.

For people who call themselves "retards" and "apes" with the perchant for doing reckless if not outlandish sh#t - I think it's very much in character and quite apt.
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