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Why on earth is he naming them "GOOG", "FB" and "AMZN"?
by ttldude 7y ago
Why on earth is he naming them "GOOG", "FB" and "AMZN"?
- mindw0rk 7y agoIt is ticker symbols of their stocks in the market.
- majewsky 7y agoIt's a virtue signal that he's in the know about the stock market.
- ttldude 7y agoDoes that help create credibility in some circles?
- ttldude 7y agoOh help, you can't be serious that he uses those on purpose.
- hnuser77 7y agoIt's a neat trick: it emphasizes that they are amoral companies required to do nothing but make money, and simultaneously that they're only companies like the thousands of other gyrating tickers on the stock market. This same author frequently uses the term "Microsoft Github".
- ttldude 7y agoThank you, it's framing. Now that makes sense.
- WaltPurvis 7y agoIt's a quite common practice to refer to companies by their ticker symbols. I see it all the time and it has never struck me as odd or noteworthy.
- ttldude 7y agoI've never seen it before.