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by bityard 200 days ago
I used to follow a few personal finance and FIRE subs. Pretty much all of them had surprising number of creative writing exercises too:

"I just inherited $10 million from a dead relative I never knew, what should I do?"

Or:

"I sold my online business for $37 million, is this enough to retire on?"

These daydreamers always create fresh throwaway accounts and usually never come back to answer clarifying questions. If they do, their answers are vague and unhelpful.

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Many in the personal finance subs are hooks leading users to one scam or another. Mostly some mild and worthless ebook or course you pay for.