Moderators on the Roaring Kitty–endorsed subreddit SuperStonk have needed to subject a warning to its neighborhood to cease doxxing the meme inventory influencer and his household.
“We have seen a HUGE uptick in photos of [Roaring Kitty’s] household, together with his spouse/sibling(s),” the neighborhood put up learn. “They’re completely unrelated to his exercise as an investor and streamer, and his household and buddies deserve their privateness. Posting their images… actually it is just a little creepy and violates their privateness. Do not do it.”
Followers of the GameStop investor are clearly getting carried away.
The put up explains that the moderators aren’t certain whether or not the posts are supposed to be “candy” or “malicious”—however both method, they’re unsuitable. His followers are likely to worship him like a monetary deity, posting that they miss him solely hours after he final posted.
Keith Gill, higher generally known as Roaring Kitty or DeepFuckingValue, returned to Reddit by posting his GameStop positions on the SuperStonk subreddit final week. He despatched the GME worth rallying after he scheduled his first livestream in three years after which hosted it—with an viewers of 700,000—whereas his GameStop funding dropped in worth.
This degree of fandom, mixed together with his trademark cryptic social media posts, has not solely led to doxxing considerations but in addition widespread conspiracy theories.
On Monday, Roaring Kitty poked enjoyable at his GME losses with a meme of a person pointing intently at himself in a mirror with the caption “You have been a billionaire.” Whereas many thought this was a jovial gag, the Kitty conspiracy clan seemed deeper.
pic.twitter.com/wGdvs6xF7w
— Roaring Kitty (@TheRoaringKitty) June 10, 2024
They theorize that the mirror at which the person is pointing is the truth is a two-way mirror, suggesting that he’s not pointing at himself however reasonably somebody behind. “Glad I’m not the one one who thought this about it being a two-way mirror after I noticed the put up,” one Reddit person commented.
Within the feedback to the put up, individuals are diving even deeper into the mirror metaphor with “mirror buying and selling” being highlighted by one Reddit person. Mirror buying and selling is when an investor copies one other extra skilled investor, like many Roaring Kitty followers have been doing.
In the meantime, followers over on Twitter have dug up outdated posts by Roaring Kitty which, they consider, suggests that he’s about to swap his allegiance with GameStop to concentrate on one other standard meme inventory: AMC.
$AMC $GME pic.twitter.com/LDU7Ymwh4t
— Salvatore – Memelord Extraordinaire 🍿🦖 (@SalMemeLord) June 10, 2024
This all comes again to a Twitter put up from March 16, which references the Kansas Metropolis Shuffle, utilizing a clip from Fortunate Quantity Slevin. It is a bait-and-switch trick which, theorists consider, is the “monetary markets” misdirecting traders into specializing in GameStop earlier than switching to AMC. This principle is compounded by the viewers noticing that Roaring Kitty was carrying the similar hand wrap which Bruce Willis’ character wears in Fortunate Quantity Slevin.
Whether or not theorists consider that Roaring Kitty is the one behind this bait-and-switch is unclear, however they’re persevering with to dig. This features a close to 50-minute YouTube breakdown of the AMC inventory and Roaring Kitty’s involvements.