> Despite this, the main problem I see with Robinhood is that with it's gamified UI, ease of access, etc... these 99.9 percentile events are mainly what it is designed for. It's encouraging people to pick up the "hot stock" on social media on a whim.

Landline phones and CNBC in the dot com boom and after could do much the same. They had a show where a guy just yelled out symbols all angry with cheesy soundboard effects. Only difference was higher commissions and no buying into fractional shares and stuff.