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Comment by maxilevi | Hacker News Reader

This release just makes me want to short GOOGL

Honestly, it's probably not a bad idea if you do it today. Remember that desperate AI presentation they gave a month or two ago? Their stock tanked after that, but it was a day or two after it showed up on HN. So, assuming investors haven't noticed how shit this is yet, you might be ahead of the game if you short it now.

> Remember that desperate AI presentation they gave a month or two ago? Their stock tanked after that, but it was a day or two after it showed up on HN.

Just to get the facts straight: the event took place on Wed 8 Feb and the stock went down 7% on Wed 8 Feb.

I am saying this not to be pedantic, but to point out that the argument -- that HN sentiment is a good leading indicator of stock movement -- is not supported by the evidence tendered.

Apologies if I'm misunderstanding your argument.

https://www.androidpolice.com/how-to-watch-live-from-paris-g...

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/08/alphabet-shares-slip-followi...

Nah, you're right, I guess I was misremembering the timing. Thanks for the citation.

(Also, I see you work at Google. I hope you don't take any of the heavy-handed criticism of your employer in this thread too personally. I'm sure you do great work! And if you've got anything to do with Bard, I'm looking forward to whatever improvements you have coming down the pipe.)

Oh, not at all. Some of the criticism I don't personally agree with, but some of it is well deserved.

(And no, I don't work on Bard.)

Yeah, might not be but I do not have the capital to affront the losses in case I am wrong.

The emoji favicon is not reassuring to me about the attitude towards the product.

https://emojipedia.org/sparkles/

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