Before the GameStop Short, I Had the Neopets Stock Exchange
What a virtual pet site taught me about the power of investing communities
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4 min readJan 29, 2021
When I was about eight years old, I asked my mom to make me an email address so I could sign up for Neopets, an online site launched in 1999 where users own virtual pets they can dress up, feed, and customize. The world of Neopets is…