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I think this is a mistake. They already issued one correction from "20-member" to "20,000-member". The author seems to have serious problems with numbers. Look
by ttt0 6y ago
I think this is a mistake. They already issued one correction from "20-member" to "20,000-member". The author seems to have serious problems with numbers. Look at the first paragraph:
> Facebook Inc took down a popular Wall Street discussion group, Robinhood Stock Traders, in a move that its founder on Thursday described as backlash for conversations buoying shares of GameStop Corp and other companies this week.
First, a typo, "buoying". But it also says "this week". So what they meant is probably Jan. 27.
- jmalicki 6y agoNot a typo, a totally appropriate word. The conversations buoyed the shares, they did not buy them. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/buoying https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/buoyi...
- ttt0 6y agoThanks, English is not my native language.
- Thorrez 6y agoHmm, good point, I didn't think of that possibility. It's a very confusing article, as I mentioned in a different comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25954579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25954579
- ttt0 6y agoThat's what got me confused too, the entire article makes zero sense if it was on Jan 7. Good catch though, I would have never noticed that.