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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 41 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Somebody posted a screenshot where reddit accounts were getting "exclusive offers" to buy stock at the IPO...

Which means everyone that buys even a single share just tied their real life identity explicitly to their reddit account.

Having that makes their data on you a lot more valuable.

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Fuck I didn't even think of that side of it. I just thought "that's a bad investment" and left it at that