{"id":919,"date":"2021-02-09T01:05:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T09:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/?p=919"},"modified":"2021-02-09T05:35:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T13:35:55","slug":"episode-98-betting-on-reddit-stock-tips-apple-and-the-future-of-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/2021\/02\/episode-98-betting-on-reddit-stock-tips-apple-and-the-future-of-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 98 &#8211; Betting on Reddit Stock Tips, Apple, and the Future of Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;\"  style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17874233\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/1346593\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" placement=\"bottom\" libsyn_item_id=\"0\" theme=\"custom\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe>\n<p>We cannot ignore what&#8217;s going on with Reddit. This one is more &#8220;of interest&#8221; than a direct hit on topics we think you need to know about. There are many ramifications for business people, of course. And it&#8217;s also a reflection of some bigger trends in society generally.<\/p>\n<p>We spent more time on Reddit, so this show only features two topics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic 1: \/r\/wallstreetbets\/ . . . Good, bad, or just ugly?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sub Reddit takes on hedge funds. &#8220;Professional&#8221; hedge fund managers are selling Game Stop short &#8211; and the Reddit users are forcing the stock UP. They are bankrupting professionals hour by hour.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, is this just gambling, or is there s business purpose here?<\/p>\n<p>Lots of related links.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gamestop-stocks-reddit-updates-0bfe08b10002e7bb334983948f53b6e4\"> https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gamestop-stocks-reddit-updates-0bfe08b10002e7bb334983948f53b6e4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6nKQ90CzxgM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6nKQ90CzxgM<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/reddit-and-elon-musks-gamestop-stock-surge-its-a-ponzi-scheme\/\"> https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/reddit-and-elon-musks-gamestop-stock-surge-its-a-ponzi-scheme\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/1\/27\/22251964\/amc-stock-price-reddit-wallstreetbets-trading-gamestop\"> https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/1\/27\/22251964\/amc-stock-price-reddit-wallstreetbets-trading-gamestop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reddit: These folks are intentionally manipulating stocks. Completely outside the world of regulations. https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/wallstreetbets\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topic 2: Apply Says They&#8217;ll Increase Privacy by Default<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apple promises you will be &#8220;opted out&#8221; by default from targeted remarketing. Is that necessarily a good thing? Do you really want to see a lot of random advertising?<\/p>\n<p>Google has this cool tool &#8211; https:\/\/adssettings.google.com\/authenticated<\/p>\n<p>Apply thinks you value privacy so much that you don&#8217;t care that you&#8217;ll be ignoring a bunch of ads. Google&#8217;s bet is that you will tire of random, unrelated ads and choose to go back to the world where ads are relevant once again.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Drop some comments at <a href=\"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\">https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; &#8212; &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Sponsor Note:<\/p>\n<p><strong>PC Matic<\/strong> \u2014 Endpoint Security built on a zero trust philosophy, allowing only trusted applications and blocking all the rest. Light weight, simple to deploy, easy to manage, find out about PC Matic&#8217;s unique lead sharing program for MSPs backed by a prime-time national TV campaign. Together, we bring advanced security solutions combined with more than sales enablement \u2026 we bring actual leads. Find out more about PC Matic by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/PCMatic.com\/msp\/\">PCMatic.com\/msp\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/17874233\/tdest_id\/1346593\">Check out this episode!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We cannot ignore what&#8217;s going on with Reddit. 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