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staticautomatic on Jan 28, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Bl...

What is artificial about buying a stock and encouraging others to buy it?

kchr on Jan 28, 2021 [–]

Because the encouragement affects the outcome of your own investment instead of "happening on its own".

staticautomatic on Jan 28, 2021 | [–]

So no one should be allowed to speak for or against buying or selling stocks they own?

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