Why would you lead with this "most short positions are actually held by retail investors" quote, exactly? What does this have to do with RobinHood restricting the ability to Buy - yes, just purchase normally with no leverage - the GME stock?
You are a shill and I have reported you.
OP mis-spoke. Most institutional investors do not short sell [1]. But the ones that do short in greater volumes than retail [2].
[1] https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=...
[2] https://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/mygsb/faculty/research/pubfile...
I think this supports my point. This user is spreading misinformation and arguing against a point their past blogging and commentary would not suggest them to be an expert about nor impassioned by.
This is surely against the HN community guidelines.
"Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data."
> most short positions are actually held by retail investors
That is an unsourced lie, told at a time to cause maximum confusion about what is happening in a situation where large financial entities are colluding to mitigate a situation wherein large amounts of capital are at risk.
These illogical comments are, via Occam's razor, literally most easily explained by astroturfing.
> most short positions are actually held by retail investors
Shilling doesn't mean you haven't used this account before.