r/dataisbeautiful • u/Balloon_Project OC: 10 • Feb 14 '21

OC Most commented subreddits, 2018-21 [OC]

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u/squeevey Feb 14 '21 edited Oct 25 '23

This comment has been deleted due to failed Reddit leadership.

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u/Balloon_Project OC: 10 Feb 15 '21

if we could invest in subreddits the same way they invest in stocks, we could all be rich by now

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u/squeevey Feb 15 '21 edited Oct 25 '23

This comment has been deleted due to failed Reddit leadership.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21 edited Feb 15 '21

We can tokenize each subreddit with crypto and trade it like an asset on crypto exchanges.

Edit: this could be done with synthetix. They’re in the derivatives market and they can digitize any asset. There’s already a market place. Look up synthetix network token for more info.

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u/InformationHorder Feb 15 '21

Isn't this how dogecoin was born? People could literally gift dogecoin into existence by making Reddit comments to each other?

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

I don’t think dogecoin is accepted anywhere right now. The creator said dogecoin was born out of a joke. Meant to be a joke

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u/InformationHorder Feb 15 '21

Tell that to everyone investing. They drove the price up to .09 cents in the last two weeks.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

It’s a good joke. If dogecoin had a cap or the team burns x amount of tokens every so often I think the coin can reach 1 dollar +

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

But why?

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

Because someone said “if we could invest in subreddits the same way they invest in stocks we could all be rich by now”

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

Me explaining to my parents how we’re rich cause I joined a lot of porn subreddits

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u/NobelStudios Feb 15 '21

Where can I "invest"?

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21 edited Mar 03 '21

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u/Jardrs Feb 15 '21

If subreddits were invest-able, r/wallstreetbets would be all over it. They'd be buying and shilling some of the worst subs you can think of.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

Hey, give them some credit. They would be picking some good subs, and then be buying and selling at the worst timing possible.

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u/Where_is_Tony Feb 15 '21 edited Feb 15 '21

Having watched WSB for a while now, I'm pretty sure half the people are trying and half the people are making meta memes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

Just like most of the 7 million new subscribers who think the sub is about making money.

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u/StarGaurdianBard Feb 15 '21

Yep its really about posting loss porn

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u/BargePol Feb 15 '21

Tbf GME was probably its magnum opus

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u/alexanderfsu Feb 15 '21

We'll find out.

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u/balla786 Feb 15 '21

Might still be. Don't think it's over just yet.

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u/taimusrs Feb 15 '21

brb YOLO-ing into TQQQ

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u/aniket47 Feb 15 '21

TO THE MOON!🚀🚀🚀🚀I LIKE THE STOCK💎💎💎💎👐👐👐👐IF HE'S STILL IN, I'M STILL IN

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u/Winterplatypus Feb 15 '21

I would not have invested in wsb.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

I would have on like 2 other profiles. I'd be rich as Elon's dick if i got out when I noticed it was looking too good.

The subreddit, not Elon's dick. I assume his dick is like a visual comparison of PayPal creator Elon vs. The Boring Company/SpaceX creator Elon.

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u/ClayQuarterCake Feb 15 '21

Nah. I'd hold that shit with diamond hands until I'm eating ramen in my wife's boyfriend's mom's basement.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

My mom said she doesn't mind as long as you walk the dogs and water the plants. Wash the dishes, cook 5 meals a day, feed the dogs, feed the chickens, and milk the cow.

Could you try to keep the sobbing and masturbating down next time me and Katie are having sex? Thx!

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u/tim3k Feb 15 '21

AskReddit would be like a S&P500 ETF.

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u/DaBicNoodle Feb 15 '21

I'm suprised WSB didn't get as much momentum going as they also thought they were going to get. Almost seems, manufactured...

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u/Lasershot-117 Feb 15 '21

We should call it cReddit Default Swaps

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u/Whywhynotbutwhy Feb 15 '21

We like the stock

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u/More-Than-You-See Feb 15 '21

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u/1BannedAgain Feb 15 '21

We like the stonk

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '21

This is how AI will make humans evolve

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u/Noox451 Feb 15 '21

IPO when?

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u/xoeniph Feb 15 '21

It's not over. Everyone who says things like this spreads more doubt

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u/Beatleboy62 Feb 15 '21

Unlike everything else, that specifically can be traced to, "wow I can make money off of this" thoughts be redditors. Money is a powerful motivator.

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u/u8eR Feb 15 '21

The real gains are the friends we made along the way.

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u/Belo83 Feb 15 '21

I mean not all us retards took a 39 stock and held it. Many sold at $300+ which is absolutely going to the moon for a $16 stock.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '21

Ya, I'm not sure why everyone is acting like it was a failure. GameStop hit fucking $470 a share. Lol. That's the moon. Some people just jumped on at the moon expecting it to go to Mars and then got burnt when it fell back to the ISS.

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u/gametapchunky Feb 15 '21

Well it did, but people were convinced it was going higher. Some of us made a lot of money :)

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u/thinkfire Feb 15 '21

It's just the beginning.