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The fact that they’ve not only limited trading in GME but low volatility name like Starbucks to 1 share is ridiculous. If the only outcome out of this is collective realization about issues with Section 230 or forced arbitration that is a positive whether this class action becomes anything or not.

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A second collective realization I'd like to see is that the SEC is still using the same faulty Value-at-Risk model they were using before the 2008 crash to estimate clearing funds. They should probably not use this model to do this any more.

See https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro/nscc-an/2018/34-82631.pdf and explanation at https://twitter.com/MKM_Abdul/status/1355310540235579395

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