I can’t help but think about Bill Ackerman when I see stories about stock shorting and their dangers. Isn’t this exactly what Bill Ackerman did? He shorted Herb

I can’t help but think about Bill Ackerman when I see stories about stock shorting and their dangers. Isn’t this exactly what Bill Ackerman did? He shorted Herbalife and then went on TV (there’s even a Netflix documentary) And he lost. How is that not market manipulation? What if Ackerman did not have a position in the company, would it not be market manipulation then? It seems like what Reddit did was stand on a soapbox in the public square and say buy the stock,