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komali2yesterday at 12:07 PM2 repliesview on HN

I'm fascinated by ultra high impact, nonviolent interventions by individuals, such as this.

My favorite example was when a few people made Twitter accounts masquerading as large companies, bought a verified stamp, and then issued a couple tweets that single handedly wiped billions off the companies' stock prices.

If anyone else knows of similar interventions, I would love to learn of them. It makes me think about how individuals can force multiply their impact, and whether there's methods for personal empowerment to be learned from these examples.


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selendymyesterday at 5:24 PM

> If anyone else knows of similar interventions, I would love to learn of them. It makes me think about how individuals can force multiply their impact, and whether there's methods for personal empowerment to be learned from these examples.

One that comes to mind is Keith Gill [1] of GameStop fame [2].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Gill

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop_short_squeeze

jopsenyesterday at 1:25 PM

He isn't alone, lots of people sent the emails from their personal account.

You can have outsized impact by participating in democracy.

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