I have no doubt the timing was extremely intentional.
The thought crossed my mind too, but if so then why?
Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
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#32Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
#33this can't be a coincidence. r/wallstreetbets has gone private!
is this because of the SEC??? or are we witnessing a Godfather 2 ending where Michael whacks everybody just before the credits roll?
Something is incredibly fishy about this, the ban and subreddit going private happened not too far from each other.
Really worried about what will happen on Friday, there is no way to read the wsb subreddit anymore!
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
The r word isn’t nice. But that cannot be the reason to ban the server. This sounds like an excuse. They mention fraud several times -but say it’s NOT because of fraud— but I almost perceive a wink when they mention it like that.
You’d be surprised what kind of asinine bullshit they will ban a server over. Feels like everywhere you go these days some real or virtual administrator is pre-determining how much risk you’re allowed to put yourself in.
I joined the server and the first thing I saw was a mod saying the N word with hard R. Check their history and there's literally pages of it.
I didn't appreciate that so I reported it and left.
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Lots of people confusing this with not liking WSB.
The other WSB discord which was linked to the subreddit was fine even though it was barely moderated. Rough around the edges like WSB tends to be... but fine as a place to hang out and see funny things.
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This second server was extreme even by WSB standards.
The joke is "4chan found a bloomberg terminal" but really it's like Reddit found one... no one is as down right randomly gross or racist as people are on deep end 4chan or Reddit would have banned it a long time.
This server was really like if the worst part of 4chan pretended to know what a stock is. It wasn't even coherent by WSB standards, and the signal to noise made WSB proper look like an actual Bloomberg Terminal
Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
#35I have no doubt the timing was extremely intentional.
The thought crossed my mind too, but if so then why?
well the r/wsb subreddit has gone private too.
We are experiencing technical difficulties based on unprecedented scale as a result of the newfound interest in WSB. We are unable to ensure Reddit's content policy and the WSB rules are enforceable without a technology platform that can support automation of this enforcement. WSB will be back.
Or is this simply a case of getting too popular for Reddit? The fact that discord was banned around the same time as r/wsb going private is suspect.
edit: After hours market shows GME is has TANKED!!!! Closed at 345 and dipped to 248. Holy, there will be class action lawsuits for sure now.
edit: I've been on the phone for 2 hours waiting for my broker to answer. All of this seems weird. They SUDDENLY have volatility and decide today is the day to stop answering my calls???
edit: /u/DeepFuckingValue's posts have all been wiped!!!!! WTF!
Re: Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
#36>“hateful and discriminatory content after repeated warnings.” banned for posting memes like https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/135439073542503628...
WSB is notorious for also posting a lot of anti-LGBT slurs (for example, one of WSBs favorite insults is calling someone a "gay bear", or more commonly a rainbow emoji followed by a bear emoji, or even calling people f*gs). Also worth noting that the Discord group is so much worse than WSB the subreddit. Sometimes on the Discord server there are just people spamming the N word for no reason.
>WSB is notorious for also posting a lot of anti-LGBT slurs (for example, one of WSBs favorite insults is calling someone a "gay bear", or more commonly a rainbow emoji followed by a bear emoji, or even calling people f*gs).
For what is worth, they pretty much never use it actually insultingly, and do not seem to harbor any ill-will against LGBT people (and some of them are lgbt). They also mostly use those words to describe themselves, and do it more as a nod to boiler room talk/4chan.
>Sometimes on the Discord server there are just people spamming the N word for no reason.
As far as I know, a lot of that is done by bots, though possibly set by other users to prank the discord.
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#37>“hateful and discriminatory content after repeated warnings.” banned for posting memes like https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/135439073542503628...
WSB is notorious for also posting a lot of anti-LGBT slurs (for example, one of WSBs favorite insults is calling someone a "gay bear", or more commonly a rainbow emoji followed by a bear emoji, or even calling people f*gs). Also worth noting that the Discord group is so much worse than WSB the subreddit. Sometimes on the Discord server there are just people spamming the N word for no reason.
"Gay bear" is not an insult or pejorative. Most of wsb were "gay bears* in Feb - April.
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#38Fascinating. Is Discord connected to Melvin Capital in anyway?
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#39They'll ban you when you're talking politics,
They'll ban you when you're trying to get your licks,
They'll ban you when you try to make a buck,
They'll ban you and say it's just your luck,
But don't feel so all alone,
Everybody will get banned.
(With apologies to Bob Dylan...)
Serious point, though: They can decide to ban (almost?) anyone at any point. They will state a justification, but it looks a lot like banning anyone whenever they decide to.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
And leave no way for common people to organize against the status quo. The establishment sure would love that. Why are you on HN then in the first place?
My history class must have skipped over the part where the american revolution was organized on twitter and facebook.
Then maybe look outside your own borders for some other examples. The Arab Spring got great momentum from social media, and so do a lot of other efforts. Sometimes even bad efforts get momentum too. But it is possible to organize revolution via social media and other communication mediums.