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Reddit roils Wall Street

Why mobs are ruling the internet in 2021

Casey Newton
Jan 28, 2021
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Exterior of a GameStop. Its price has been manipulated by Redditors Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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Today, let’s talk about the biggest star of 2021 so far: the unruly mob.

First one was spotted staging a terrifying and deadly insurrection at the Capitol. Later a mob appeared on a thuggish Reddit forum called WallStreetBets, where users’ growing interest in the stock of video game retailer GameStop sent the stock so…

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