"The Human Ticker": StockTwits and the Power of Social Leverage

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Why would anyone invest when they are out of money and suicidal?

Oh Twit!

Why would anyone invest when they are out of money and suicidal?

Sounds like a bunch of Twit

I see Howard mentioned that he is working with NASDAQ, isn't that Bernie Madoff's old stomping ground.

Oh--NO ! I was deleted for wanting help American women who got stuck in Nigeria ! Talk about Diplomacy !

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Stock market investments involve risking assets! Immature children shoud not play in the market zones they might injure innocent people and hurt themselves!

A good thing about all these inter-chatter posts and social Leveraging is that the people can feel the pulse of the Economy much faster than the olden Normal means of reading and listening to the media. Take the current rise is Gas, the people "at the pumps" are talking to each other, and telling "to cut back" on travel, restaurants, and spending. The current price raising has been subtle, but noticed.

Reminds me of infomercials, you think you are getting News, but it is only a push to sell something. You only think it is a stock analysis?

I just checked out stocktwits.com. Are you a real company? That UI is gross. Hire a designer or someone rather than get your brother's friend's sister in law's cousin twice removed to do it. Everything about the UI is repulsive.

I just checked out stocktwits.com. Are you a real company? That UI is gross. Hire a designer or someone rather than get your brother's friend's sister in law's cousin twice removed to do it. Everything about the UI is repulsive.

This is what happens when "financial news" is nothing more than oil execs sabotaging alternative fuels and unrealistic investors expecting housing to rebound before employment does (people with jobs buy houses. Not rocket science). When stocks are discovered and/or recommended by text message junkies (especially in an economy being watered down by more dollars being printed) it's time to brace yourself. We have been trying to "dig" our way out of a hole. Frightening to think how much worse it can get. Maybe McStocktips with every french fry purchase.

Another worthless interview from the biggest TWIT of them all--Aaron Task.

Come on....... October 29......2009!!!!!! Preparing to swoop in like a vulture and feast on the dead when this market crashes beyond imagination!! Made my money going up and now I'm gonna make it when it goes DOWnnnnnnnn!!!

If the stocktwits are anything like the ranting, unfocused, illiterate, misinformed people that post here, why would anyone look to them for investment advice?

Excactly. Who cares what you had for lunch! Social Internet sites are useless dribble and are now being targeted for company PR and marketing as is the case here. The Internet used to be a place for thinkers, no the morons are coming on and the other great vampire squid, Google is taking over.

LOL at old mate, forgetting the name of CNBC, that tells more more about the times than a lot of other things..