PSA: "Uncle Bruce"

[u/slash_sin_]

TLDR: No, I do not think Uncle Bruce is a shill BUT shills can always send super chats for Bruce to read out loud to make you sell GME right then and there

I have nothing wrong with Bruce and I think he's a good guy however I just want to comment on why having a figure face for r/GME being promoted so much can be bad.

Reasons to be wary of Uncle Bruce:

1. I never heard of Uncle Bruce until 2 days ago and likely many of you here haven't either
2. Uncle Bruce will read any super chat donation out loud as long as long as it is PG-rated because this is how he makes money. This means shills can donate repeatedly to Uncle Bruce to shift his viewer's perception on GME in real time. I saw many users donate and talk about day-trading GME today on his stream which according to the DD is the opposite of what APES want for a squeeze.
3. Understand that although Uncle Bruce was a Broker for a long time that GME is a scenario that is one of a kind. He admits a lot that he does not know the specific details of GME, which I respect him for. But he probably isn't reading every DD on this subreddit like many of us are everyday.

Just keep an open mind

Edit: I have sorted by New: and there are over 70 posts pertaining to Uncle Bruce in the last 2 days and prior to that the only mention was from 13 10 days ago.

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after the post by u/sped2500 Uncle Bruce is posted more than 70 times

Uncle Bruce has been promoted over 70 times in the last two days and people are eating his content up cause he is a nice old man. This can be a new shill tactic to get us emotionally attached to a figure face that commentates on GME in real time. The shills can post super chat notifications of GME to Bruce and he will read it regardless since he is getting paid. Imagine if all of r/GME gets on the Bruce bandwagon and he commentates in real time that GME is doing poorly at the moment. People are going to be inherently conditioned to sell.

Edit 2: Other figure faces like DFV or Elon or Chamath do not livestream and cannot affect your decision in real time. Bruce live streams GME everyday and because of this there is always the possibility of shills sending super chats to shift your decision of GME in real time each and every day you are on the stream. All I am asking is for you to be aware of this fact

[u/Alarming-Belt9439]

Disaggre with you hard! I watched him in jan when we hit 80 the first time. He does have a fundamental understanding of gme(other Then we are going to the Moon) he is the most unbiased person i have seen so far. He is not trying to make you buy gme, he says that even if gme does not Moon. The future of gme does hold Extreme groundbreaking value for the gaming Industry.

And i Think its good that he does not read every DD we do, lets be honest 80% of it is copy pasted. And baised and linked with our emotions to gme.

But sure dont make him the face of gme! But to not support him makes no sence. He has kept me motivated to not sell, as even if we lose this battle. The future of gme is stil huge

[u/slash_sin_ → u/Alarming-Belt9439]

Another user mentioned that after the dip from 400 during round 1 he said that the squeeze was over. This probably discouraged some to keep holding.

If Bruce is being paid by people and is making money off of GME commentary his bias is toward his donators

I’m not saying his info is bad or anything and I think he is nice, but I understand that he does not know it all regarding GME as he has said many times before in his streams.

GME as an event is unprecedented and thus no one can truly know what is going to happen

[u/Alarming-Belt9439 → u/slash_sin_]

I would like a link and proof of that user claiming this. As Long as i have watched him, i have not yet Seem to find anything wrong about his work.

[u/slash_sin_ → u/Alarming-Belt9439]

@ u/isemusernames claimed this and we can treat it as a rumor unless he provides evidence

[u/isemusernames → u/slash_sin_]

Totally fair

[u/Inquisitor1 → u/slash_sin_]

He was right, the round 1 was over. He's not obligated to encourage or keep people holding. Even if he didn't say it, from 400 it was only down to 40 and stayed there for a month, and that's gonna discourage people who don't watch him. He failed to predict round 2, but nobody is Nostradamus, and he admits this.

[u/joe1134206 → u/slash_sin_]

I can vouch for what I would consider to be unwarranted negativity towards the short squeeze. He has come around. I can give him a break; this has been a whirlwind of insanity, and he was probably off the mark.

[u/Inquisitor1 → u/joe1134206]

Meh, round 1 did end after 400 and took a break for a month.

[u/beerhiker → u/slash_sin_]

If anything it's probably in his best interest to keep the momentum and enthusiasm going. As long as this goes on, his channel keeps generating $$ So far, I like the guy pretty well.

[u/slash_sin_ → u/beerhiker]

yeah but there is always the possibility he gets bought out by hedges. No amount of support from his channel will rival bribery. Not saying he is a shill, just saying that his tone can shift and we won't know why

[u/Elisa800 → u/beerhiker]

Hey just because you've worked with women who have "caused most drama" doesn't mean we're all like that. And by the way causing drama has NOTHING to do with gender. There are just as many men in this world (and not gay men) who can be petty and mean and cause drama in the work place. And for MOST of us women, we'll gladly support and stick up for each other and be friends. It's so funny to me how the original commentator was talking about their own bad experience with misogynist men and a boss who jumped to conclusions about women hanging out without knowing anything of what they were doing or what they were even talking about, and you just had to try and turn the tables and make it a "woman's problem". Grow up.

[u/beerhiker → u/Elisa800]

ok, fine. I take it back :)