Hey guys pdwp90 here, founder of Quiver Quantitative for those of you who don't know me by Reddit tag.

This report is primarily comprised of "alternative data" which can be loosely thought of as data that comes from outside of traditional sources like earnings reports. The reason this type of data gets me so jacked is because it's data that retail investors (you guys) often have an edge over Wall Street in interpreting.

Sadly, it has also been largely inaccessible to normal people in the past as providers usually charge thousands of dollars a month for any sort of access to their data, making it only available to hedge funds and other institutional investors. That's what motivated me to start collecting this data myself, to make it available to those who can't afford to another $10k a year bill.

So without further ado, here's the inaugural u/pdwp90 alternative data report

Twitter

GameStop's corporate twitter account has had a .17% gain in followers in the last day (#14 of 842 companies tracked), a 2.06% gain over the last week (#6 of 842), and a 6.69% gain over the last month (#11 of 182)

Here's a graph of the twitter following of GameStop Corporate (@gamestopcorp) over time:

GameStop Corporate Twitter following over time

Off-Exchange Activity

Yesterday, 5.13 million shares of GME were traded off-exchange and 2.48 million of those shares were sold short, giving GME a DPI of approximately .48. Below is a graph of the cumulative net off-exchange short volume since 2010:

$GME cumulative net OTC short volume

Wikipedia

GameStop's wikipedia page has been viewed 37.6k times this week, making it the 11th most viewed company page out of the 1342 that I track.

WSB Discussion

I know that this might ruffle some feathers in this community, but I put a lot of precaution into ensuring the data is protected from the effects of manipulation and moderation. The reason for using WSB is that it has years of historical data which allow for better analysis and mode

First time using reddit so I'm sorry if I do it wrong

A bit of background- None of me (25F) and my four siblings have the same late name. My mom had really bad taste in men and always went for the same type of guy. Basically she would fall in love, get pregnant, and then be completely shocked when the guy made a run for it and wanted nothing to do with the kid. Among my siblings only one of us has a good relationship with their dad. My mom gave all of her kids their dads last names despite the guys wanting nothing to do with any of us. I never really liked how none of our last names matched in my family and I always told myself that when I have kids they're going to have my last name.

Now I'm currently five months pregnant with my first. I've been with my boyfriend for two years and hes super excited to be a dad. The other night the topic of names came up and at first it was fine. We were tossing first and middle names around trying to find ones we liked and then I tested out a full name for the baby, using my last name. That's when things took a turn. My boyfriend kinda froze when I said my last name and then sort of laughed and said "You mean (his last name)" and I said "No, I mean (my last name). I want my kid to have my last name. I told you about that ages ago" and yes, I have told him before about how I want my kids to have my last name some time in our first year of dating. He told me that he didnt think I was serious about that and that our kid needs to have his last name. I asked him why the baby Needed his last name and he started talking about continuing his family line and got mad when I pointed out that his older brother already did that so that argument shouldnt count. He started arguing that this was his kid too and I said that I never said it wasn't- I just want my kid to have my last name. It turned into a big arguement and we went to bed angry.

This morning I tried to bring it up now that we had both calmed down. I offered a compromise where we hyphenate and the baby will have both of our names but he said that was a stupid idea and he didnt like it. I told him that Im not changing my mind on this and that if we got married one day I would be willing to change both mine and the babies last name to his. Boy did that piss him off. He started accusing my of trying to 'trick' him into marriage (I wasnt) and that I'm being unreasonable.

I talked about it with some friends and my sister and they all think I'm being ridiculous and should jus

I placed an online order for in store pick up for like $500. In error, they placed a bunch of around $500-ish holds on my CC until the card was full. I tried to pay off the about $300 balance that was on the card already, but lowes immediately put another hold on there. The CC company says there's nothing they can do because the transactions aren't completed. They report that they are 7 day holds. Lowes says they're looking into it, but that if I want to pick up my stuff I need to pay them in a different way.

So I'm sitting here with with CC with a $0 blanace that I can't use for potentially 7 days. I also have a couple bills about to go through on this card. I'm facing fees in multiple directions. Is Lowes responsible? Is there anything I can do about it?

Edit: Thanx everyone. Looks like Lowes.com might do this a lot. So buyers beware.

https://twitter.com/OnzeTv3/status/1389704544674881539?s=19

I’ve had a few boyfriends and a few flings. Every guy that I (F24) have been with has cared about looks. A lot. Even the guys I haven’t been with. The ones that I rejected and the ones that rejected me. The ones that were friends. It seems they value how hot you are and how young you are so much. I’m constantly trying to look girly; the way I sit and eat. I’m trying to cover up my crows feet with makeup. I’m trying to make my laugh sound high-pitch and young. I’m tired. All the men I know say they care if they girlfriend is smart and funny but they keep chasing which ever girl is the youngest and prettiest. It’s breaking my heart. I can’t have a husband because I don’t want to be married to someone who is so brain wash or entranced by beauty. It feels shallow. And it makes me feel less human. Women, what are you guys doing to live with this? Men, please tell me the truth; do the majority of you value us base off of how young/soft/cute/feminine we are?

None of my boyfriends have done anything out of the norm. It’s the normal that breaks me up. The following 19/20 year old models on instagram. The talking a long time with our friend who doesn’t have much to say but is pretty. The staring at young girls, even ones that are teenagers. The asking me to shave more body hair off, and wear uncomfortable underwear. Telling me I’m cute or calling me kid or adorable, instead off admiring my adult accomplishments. I don’t think I want to be married like I imagined when I was a kid.

This may sound a bit strange but I swear if I have to hear about the difference between dimpled and non dimpled golf balls one more time, I'm going to riot.

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I dont need to be told that this date or that date is going to be the day I am a millionaire all I need to know is that the day is coming soon.

Even just $5 a day on extra snacks, coffee, etc is $150 a month. Around $2,000 a year. Many people average more than that a day on extra unnecessary food and drink daily, meaning many people average at least $3,000 a year extra on things they dont need.

Door dash and uber eats is a giant rip off. If you're willing to inflate your food by another 20% at least usually just because you're too lazy to leave the house for ten minutes, then complain about being broke, it's your own fault, mostly if youre doing this more than once or twice a month.

Everyone who spends $5 a day on coffee are spending around $2,000 a year for something they can make at home for a quarter of the price. Add any daily take out on top.

People who go to bars all the time are spending usually a minimum of $20 each time.

Fast food in general is too expensive. It used to be convenience and cost, now it's just convenience. I cook about 80% of what I eat and average less than $5 a meal. Only nice steak will run it to about $10 a serving.

If you have the money to do all this, then do as you will. But if you're already cutting it close, or are cutting it close due to bad spending habits, then you are a fool of a Took and have no one to blame but yourself for having no money. So many people literally blow one to multiple months of income each year just on food, drinks or frivolous spending.

I'm not saying don't go out and do things, but learn where to spend your money for things that dont matter vs things that are more rewarding.

EDIT: No ones said anything yet, but I dont mean this as disrespect to people who work food delivery, this is just for the people who regularly use food delivery even though they can barely afford it by the end of each month.

In my small circle of friends, their parents have or are offering to pay their downpayment for a house in the GTA. Granted we're all Chinese and it's pretty customary in our culture for parents to help their children buy their first house. Is this common in other cultures or more "canadian" families?

As for my own individual situation, my parents are offering to give me 200k for a house, and my girlfriend's parents after hearing about this are offering to match (the latter part typically doesnt happen in China). I do feel guilty about taking this money because 200k is a signifcant portion of my parents savings that they worked hard for, coming to Canada as poor immigrants. I'll be taking care of my parents financially after retirement (irregardless of them giving me this downpayment or not) as that's just tradition so Im not too worried about them being in a bad financial situation.

My gf and I were planning to buy a house in our late 20's with our own savings, I'm in tech and she still has 2 years left of law school, but our parents are pressuring us and offering money to go and buy a house now. Her parents won't approve of a marriage unless we have a house.

So I am wondering about how common it is for parents to gift a downpayment in general here in Canada? If it is more common than I think, it'll certainly factor into our decision.

I leave before she wakes up because I need to get to the hospital for rounds. I'm a dumbass and terrible at time management so I'm always scrambling to get out the door by 530. I need to take my morning meds with water so I grab the nearest available vessel, the wine glasses above the pills, and fill them up under the faucet and slam my pills.

Thus, two hours later, my wife wakes up to a new, unexplained empty wine glass in the sink each morning. She concludes, logically, that I have been getting up in the middle of the night and having a one man wine party.

She finally brought it up today. It was a good laugh.