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		PragmaticPulp on Feb 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reddit’s profane, greedy traders are shaking up th... Never underestimate the survivorship bias in public stock picking forums. Reddit is no exception. There are a few honest stories of losses and failure in WSB, but the majority of loss stories or bad picks quickly fade into obscurity or are deleted by their original posters. What remains are the highly-upvoted success stories.

buzzkillington on Feb 27, 2020 | [–]

1 million in losses makes you a mod.

If anything wallstreetbets loves massive loses more than massive gains.

sdinsn on Feb 27, 2020 | | [–]

It sounds like you've never been to WSB- the loss stories are always the highest upvoted

saagarjha on Feb 27, 2020 | [–]

…and massive losses.

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