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by forgetsusername 3523 days ago
>I lost faith in HN crowd when hyperloop started.

HackerNews flies off the rails when it comes to anything Elon Musk related, or anything banking/finance related. Musk invented everything and is infallible; the bankers are ruining everything and are irredeemable.
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yxhuvud 3523 days ago
Funnily enough, i find hn a lot more balanced than any other forum I've seen when it comes to finance in general and HFT in particular.
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forgetsusername 3523 days ago
I can't argue with that. I think the population's general level of financial knowledge is low, which is sad considering the influence it wields.

I suppose my expectations of this place is higher because...it is a great comment section. But the financial discussion is heavily conspiracy laden.

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nickpsecurity 3523 days ago
The articles I read have everything from people with a passing knowledge of finance to finance professionals to people apparently involved in HFT shilling for it. Just as an anecdote, most sites I see on the topics are more polarized in one direction or another. I won't say it's the most diverse crowd here but all the counterpointing brought my attention to many different aspects of the finance and HFT problems.

Curious, what discussion site(s) in finance would you recommend that has more diverse opinions from known experts or veterans whose writing is accessible to non-experts?

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