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by wsb_mod2 4y ago
Showing up as a blank page for me. Fascinating. https://i.imgur.com/NzFX5Cz.png
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by wsb_mod2 4y ago
When did you go through the process? Reddit recently updated its top mod removal process (recently as in 5 days ago) and dramatically weakened requirements for removing top mods. More information on that here: https://www.reddit.
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by wsb_mod2 4y ago
I cannot, as it was invite only. (Edit: As lrae said) The context is more around how communities should be able to naturally transition as opposed to only doing so during event-driven periods of great distress (E.g. r/AntiWork -> r&
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by wsb_mod2 4y ago
There is no mechanism to enable mods to edit user posts. If what you're saying is correct, it would be quite the controversy. Use https://camas.unddit.com/ to look at the original version of your post, or share it here
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by wsb_mod2 4y ago
Yup, @dang is paid. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23810452
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by wsb_mod2 4y ago
The profit motive is being blamed here for optimizing for engagement. But how do you assess progress when you remove all desire to monetize? I run r/WallStreetBets and "quality" is an extremely nebulous term. I look for thing
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
I'm not sure if this counts compared to the other posts here, but for me, for many years, r/wallstreetbets. I think this actually falls in line with most subreddits. You build or support a community because you want to discuss som
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
> The GME centered group left WSB because there was a new mod who didn't fit the WSB philosophy. There were some personal hypothesis about her(?). They even alleged I believe that mod made their adolescent child a mod of WSB who wer
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
I agree, I think there's definitely been a large cultural shift when it comes to retail investing. Lots of people these days want to find the one play that gets them to retirement. That culture shift extends well beyond WSB, but I th
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
How so? It's a black box algorithm owned by Reddit Admins. Moderators only have the ability to set the threshold, with very vague terms (low, moderate, high, or something similar) If admins wanted to disappear a viewpoint, it would be
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
That's a good point. The situation definitely has it's pros and cons. For example, in the voice chats, its great when users follow up with one another on their trades, or know each other's specialties so they can call them to
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
2020 was marked by a 10x increase in comment volume, largely coming from both incredible, pandemic driven, market volatility as well as stimulus checks and stay at home orders. It is very unlikely (I hope) that this environment will happen
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
Nearly 7 years now, a casual before then. (For context, the sub just celebrated its 10th birthday last week)
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
What do you want to know? I think r/wallstreetbets is still a fantastic place and more or less true to its purpose of finding interesting and novel trades. Much of the discussion has expanded, to discord (600K users, the limit) as well
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
I don't think most moderators don't know this option exists. It's located on a page that you only visit once to set up the subreddit, or to make large subreddit changes. (On old reddit, not sure about new reddit) To Reddit&#x
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
The site itself leans left, I wouldn't call that manipulation, simply people voting on content they like. However, you are onto something. Almost every single post on r/MurderedByAOC is made by u/LrlOurPresident, and those po
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
> but it never stays that way for long It can stay that way, but it's a hard decision to untick these boxes: https://i.imgur.com/E2G9SUh.png Too early and the sub dies, too late, and you'll wish it died.
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
Great writeup. A subreddit getting co-opted by the masses to change its intentions is a story as old as reddit. See my username for how I know that to be true. Hopefully more subreddits will wake up and realize that being included in high a
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
You should check it out again. We recently restricted memes to Friday afternoon to Sunday morning and the context is almost all text now.
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
> WSB started as a canard to get more drunk tourists to the small stakes poker tables 1. WSB was created before Robinhood was released. 2. WSB started as a place for people to discuss more risky strategies than what was being discussed o
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
Well yes, users do get banned for blatant self promotion. WSB is not, and has never been, the place to promote your art, especially when you're explicitly trying to raise awareness so you can sell it. OP did the same thing with a gamed
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
Jaime Rogozinski is a grifter who repeatedly abused community trust to profit off WSB. This is why he was removed by Reddit admins in January 2020, a full year before the GameStop saga. The only time he ever came to WSB after 2016 was if so
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
GameStop was never banned from WSB. It is the 3rd most discussed ticker in the past 30 days. (After SPY and TSLA) [0] GME had it's own daily thread well into April, at which point it was still completely dominating with significantly l
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
Fair enough. I've rewritten my original comment (and this one) to ensure they align with HN's guidelines.
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
No doubt the number is non-zero in a subreddit that gets 20-30K comments a day. Still, the people complaining make it seem like the sub today looks the same as it did on January 28th, 2021. I took a very cursory look at the front page just
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
Where exactly on r/wallstreetbets are you seeing these 'teenagers with $600 trading accounts calling each other "apes"'? Can you provide some recent links?
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by wsb_mod2 5y ago
Who exactly is this "r/wallstreetbets" that is riding high on this idea? Unlike other subreddits, WSB is very much not a hivemind. This did not happen by accident. You can take a look at mention trends [0] and see that most