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Did anyone short Cracker Barrel stock? If not, I have a hard time seeing why bots would have any interest in investing the time/money. There also didn't seem to
by hajile 1y ago
Did anyone short Cracker Barrel stock? If not, I have a hard time seeing why bots would have any interest in investing the time/money. There also didn't seem to be any political clout being gained by the complaints.
More real-world is that I know tons of friends/relatives in the South and I don't know of even ONE that liked the redesign.
- pstuart 1y agoRage baiting has value to certain groups.
- dhosek 1y agoI recall reading somewhere about some investor who wanted to take control of cb who drove this, so less shorting and more opportunistic drive down the price to buy more shares at a lower price.
- joshkel 1y agoYes. Sardar Biglari, who's an activist investor and the CEO and owner of Steak'n'Shake, has been pushing for more control over Cracker Barrel for several years. He amplified some of the backlash against Cracker Barrel. https://fortune.com/2025/09/18/sardar-biglari-war-against-cracker-barrel/ https://fortune.com/2025/09/18/sardar-biglari-war-against-cr...
- UltraSane 1y agoRussia has gotten VERY good at amplifying any cultural differences or controversies in order to break US politics (and many other countries). If you hadn't noticed it has been VERY effective.
- MomsAVoxell 1y agoIf you haven't noticed, there is no evidence of your claims.
- UltraSane 1y agoYou just have to read Reddit and YouTube and Twitter comments to see all the evidence you need.
- mh- 1y agoCurious that you didn't include HN in that list.
- UltraSane 1y agoBecause I rarely see obvious Russian troll comments on hacker news
- MomsAVoxell 1y agoYes, there are Russians on the Internet. No, they’re not all trolls. No, I’m not Russian. Yes, there are American trolls on the Internet. No, America doesn’t own the Internet.
- UltraSane 1y agoI have no idea what you are trying to say. Russia pays hundreds of people to post comments on the Internet. They have been doing this since the Jade Helm Conspiracy hysteria they caused proved their methods to be very effective. https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/03/hysteria-over-jade-helm-exercise-texas-was-fueled-russians-former-cia-/ https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/03/hysteria-over-jade-h... Hysteria over Jade Helm exercise in Texas was fueled by Russians, former CIA director says Gov. Greg Abbott's decision in 2015 to ask the Texas State Guard to monitor a federal military exercise prompted significant criticism. A former CIA director said Wednesday that the move emboldened Russians to next target elections.
- MomsAVoxell 1y agoThe former CIA director is not, at all, someone who can be trusted. They don't present their evidence, either. Anyone in a position of authoritarian power can say anything. Until it's prosecuted in an open court of law, all bets are off. Hysteria is easily promoted by anyone in the world - even American companies are capable of it - and there is much profit to be made from Russophobia, especially in the heinous market conditions of America's military industrial complex: a very well known hysteria-promoting industry. In fact, by spreading this rumour, you are more soviet than you might understand.
- Sanity_Check 1y ago>Cracker Barrel >break US politics It's a restaurant logo bro, not a pillar of civic discourse.
- UltraSane 1y agoIt all adds up to an erosion of trust and increased political polarization.
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