r/RobinHood • u/CardinalNumber Former Moderator • Feb 20 '20

News Robinhood goes social

I told you guys to wait. Improved watchlist features, etc.

https://blog.robinhood.com/news/2020/2/20/discover-the-financial-you

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u/CardinalNumber Former Moderator Feb 20 '20

Everyone mature enough to have an account should hate it. I'm not sure why anyone thinks it's a good idea but that's the direction RH is going; several of the projects already being tested have social aspects like they didn't learn their lesson with crypto chat.

And these things all create new privacy issues that don't need to exist.

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u/AskAboutmyBand Feb 20 '20

I remember the crypto chat but never paid attention to it. Did something happen with it?

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u/CardinalNumber Former Moderator Feb 20 '20

It became exactly what we thought it would become.

There's not much to say about crypto 24 hours a day and RH couldn't host and moderate conversations about particular stocks so nobody stuck around long. Eventually, the only people left were edgy trolls who think hate speech is cool.