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    The Future of WallStreetBets

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    The well-known subreddit /r/wallstreetbets has attracted significant media attention in the past week because of the ongoing short squeeze of GameStop (GME), which has caused the stock price to skyrocket. As a result, multiple hedge funds who were shorting GME incurred significant losses. On Jan 27th 2020, the official wallstreetbets Discord server was banned, and the subreddit was made private for 56 minutes, leading to speculation that the subreddit could be banned. In a heavily upvoted post, one user described the ongoing situation as "an existential threat to our community".

    CBS: How Reddit posters made millions as Wall Street lost billions on GameStop's wild stock ride

    Vox: The GameStop stock frenzy, explained

    Ars Technica: Discord bans WallStreetBets as subreddit briefly goes private

    Will the subreddit /r/wallstreetbets be banned before Jan 1st, 2022?

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