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by throwaway2a02 1968 days ago
> but these social communities are having an impact

What that means is that people controlling those communities (including mods) have an immense advantage.

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Yes. The former creator of WSB, jartek, was removed from the subreddit because he masqueraded as 'WSBgod' an anon user with crazy gains, but it was fake. He also sold ad space in the about section for $1500.
Of note they recently banned SPACs which directly means there will be less retail interest in SPACs since you can't even discuss them