Talk:Robinhood Markets
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38.105.242.2 (talk) 15:37, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
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I have a WP: COI as an employee of Robinhood. As instructed by the Contact Us page's [1] instructions for article subjects to contact Wikipedia to make requests regarding articles that are "incomplete, inaccurate, or biased," I would like to request that an independent editor review the following proposed edits. User:BC1278 helped me prepare this request, as a paid consultant.
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1. In lead, change "It allows individuals to invest in public companies and exchange-traded funds listed on U.S. stock exchanges without paying a commission, purchase cryptocurrency, and plans to offer banking products.[1]" to: "The company offers a mobile app and website that offers people commission-free investing in stocks, ETFs, and options through Robinhood Financial and commission-free crypto trading through Robinhood Crypto.[2]" Note: This clarifies that service is available on both the web and through an app, and that the basic services is not limited to the U.S. stock exchange, but also includes options, cyrptocurriences and ETFs. As it stands, the article is misleading/incomplete. References to plans to offer banking products is speculative. Violates WP: CrystalBall 2. In the lead, change “Robinhood has over 6 million users[3]” to “Robinhood has over 10 million customer accounts.[4]” Note: The prior statement is out of date. 3. Move in lead, "The company's main source of revenue comes from interest earned on customers' cash balances and margin lending.[5][6] to "History" section, in proper chronological order for 2017, as: "The company's main source of revenue in February 2017 came from interest earned on customers' cash balances and margin lending.[5][7] It later added a "Robinhood Gold" subscription for a monthly fee.[8] Bloomberg News reported in October 2018 that Robinhood receives almost half of its revenue from payment for order flow.[9] Note: this statement about interest being the primary source of revenue was true in February 2017, but isn't true anymore, which is why it's best in the History section, rather than the lead. I also added the date and made it past tense to further clarify. I added the additional sources of revenue that year since people will wonder how a free service makes money. I also suggest moving the new sentence about order flow, above, from the "Controversy" section to here as it describes another way how the company makes money. 4. Edit, in “Controversies”, the following: "However, in a 2018 statement the company announced it was ending this form of revenue generation by developing its own in-house clearing agency.[10] to: "The company said in October 2018 it had started processing trades through its own clearing system, Clearing by Robinhood.[11]" and Move it to the proper place in History, in chronological order. Note: Company website is not a reliable source. Changed the source to a press account. Revised the statement so it is accurate, as per the reliable source. Neither the press account nor the website says anything about revenue from order flow. 5. Delete in lead: "but in May 2019, reports from Bloomberg and other outlets publicized Robinhood’s pursuit of an additional $200 million in funding, which could value the company in the $7 billion to $10 billion range.[12] Note: Speculative. Violates WP: CrystalBall 6. Delete in lead: "In September 2018, the company's co-founders announced plans to take the company public in 2019.[13][14]" Note: Violates WP: CrystalBall. 7. In History add: “In July 2019, the company announced it had raised a $323 million Series E financing round at a $7.6 billion valuation.[15]” ‘’’Note:’’’ Provides the most recent and accurate company valuation. 8. Change in History: "In December 2013 Robinhood launched out of stealth on the crowdsourced technology news website Hacker News, leading to articles about the company in TechCrunch, PandoDaily, VentureBeat, TheStreet and others.[1][16][17][18]" to: "Robinhood announced an initial $3 million in seed funding in December 2013.”[19] Note: It is bad practice to name sources unless they represent opinion/analysis. That is not the case here. This is just fact-based reporting. It's also incorrect that the app launched "on Hacker New" -- the app has nothing to do with Hacker News. Hacker News published a Reddit leak of the sign-up page link when the app was in beta, according to the TechCrunch source - it is unrelated to the company. Also, one good source is enough. No need to cite four sources here. 9. Edit in History: “Initially the firm had a waiting list, and in under 30 days there were 100,000 signups.[20] By September 2014, the waiting list had reached 500,000 people.[21] In March 2015, the company announced those still on the waitlist could create accounts and any U.S. residents, 18 and older, could apply for an account.[22]" to: "The app officially launched commission-free trading in March 2015, after having amassed a wait list of 800,000 people.[23]" Note: This request includes deleting the first sentence. It is much clearer in the proposed language that this is the date when the product actually launched. And there's no need to mention the previous wait list number in September 2014, pre-launch, if the wait list number at launch in March 2015 is noted. References
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Thank you.Dpm715 (talk) 20:22, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
Reply 11-DEC-2019
Below you will see where proposals from your request have been quoted with reviewer decisions and feedback inserted underneath, either accepting, declining or otherwise commenting upon your proposal(s). Please read the enclosed notes within the proposal review section below for information on each request. Spintendo 03:32, 12 December 2019 (UTC)
Proposal review 11-DEC-2019
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- @Spintendo:@BC1278: I would like to understand the rational behind approving #6, deleting: "In September 2018, the company's co-founders announced plans to take the company public in 2019.", the reason in the request was it "Violates WP:CrystalBall." However, my understanding is that under WP:CrystalBall: "It is appropriate to report discussion and arguments about the prospects for success of future proposals and projects or whether some development will occur, if discussion is properly referenced." This seems to directly describe and is applicable to the decision at hand. Concluding that any announced plans are not allowed under WP:CrystalBall is unreasonable. Nithin🚀 talk 20:49, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
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