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"survive the large downturn in users the platform will experience after their actions this week"

Haven't they been number one in the app store all week: https://www.appannie.com/en/apps/ios/top/

Those who made it #1 are the ones who want to create an account to participate to bankrupt a hedge fund. I say their next move can be revenge on Robinhood for, at the very least, entertaining the misunderstanding with their customers (="They sold my stock without an order from me" when they were effectively on margin and halfway legit).

The downturn hasn't happened yet. There's significant stickiness to getting money out of robinhood; they let you trade instantly using margin, but they don't let you withdraw it until its all settled, and settlements take 2 days after exiting your last trade. Even many of the WSB fanatics who hate RH are stuck with them, because even transferring securities in-kind to a new brokerage is often accompanied by a week or more of a freeze on liquidation.

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