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AFAICT the overwhelming majority of posters on WSB are basically burning money. Make enough bad trades and eventually one will accidentally make a bunch of mone
by plorkyeran 7y ago
AFAICT the overwhelming majority of posters on WSB are basically burning money. Make enough bad trades and eventually one will accidentally make a bunch of money, but it's definitely not the norm.
- dragontamer 7y agoHonestly, I'm convinced that most know how to hit F12 on Firefox and edit HTML pages to 'prove' that they are buying meme stocks. I have zero expectation that their 'proof' is even proof. All modern web browsers have a debug mode that allows you to easily edit HTML.
- manigandham 7y agoMost of the screenshots are from Robinhood mobile and real. Who's actually posting what is the difference and you only see the big gains and losses since they're exciting and not the thousands of people losing money daily on bad trades.
- jayrot 7y agoSports gambling culture operates almost exactly the same way. The guy who shows you his $1000 at beginning of the season for the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl is already $100,000 in the hole from other bets.