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This is a great idea. One of my friends who just jumped ship to Signal this week said in his first Signal message to me that he wished he’d “bought some shares
by tailspin2019 6y ago
This is a great idea.
One of my friends who just jumped ship to Signal this week said in his first Signal message to me that he wished he’d “bought some shares” in Signal when I first told him about it...
The first challenge is getting people to join the platform.
The second challenge is educating them on how it’s actually funded... (ie NOT by pimping out your personal data for shareholder benefit).
- Daniel_sk 6y agoStock with ticker SIGL surged 6000% on Jan 11 - investors thought it's the Signal Messenger. Same like the wrong Zoom company.
- corford 6y ago"Its market value surged from about $US55 million to over $US6 billion [...]" Pretty bonkers: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-16/signal-telegram-facebook-whatsapp-privacy/13062920 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-16/signal-telegram-faceb...
- nilsbunger 6y agoReally undercuts the argument for the efficient market, at least in the short term!
- andrepd 6y agoI feel the entire history of capitalism undercuts that argument!
- bt1a 6y agoWhat's even more wild is that the executives/directors didn't sell any of their stock on the massive increase.
- lazyasciiart 6y agoQuite likely they aren't allowed to sell whenever they want, they may be subject to an open trading window, or a fixed sell-down plan over the year.