Moderators on GameStop hero Roaring Kitty–endorsed subreddit SuperStonk have needed to concern a warning to its neighborhood to cease doxxing the meme inventory influencer and his household.
“We have observed a HUGE uptick in photos of [Roaring Kitty’s] household, together with his spouse/sibling(s),” the neighborhood publish learn. “They’re completely unrelated to his exercise as an investor and streamer, and his household and mates deserve their privateness. Posting their photographs… truthfully it is slightly creepy and violates their privateness. Do not do it.”
Followers of the GameStop investor are clearly getting carried away.
The publish explains that the moderators aren’t certain whether or not the posts are supposed to be “candy” or “malicious”—however both approach, they’re unsuitable. His followers are inclined to worship him like a monetary deity, posting that they miss him solely hours after he final posted.
Keith Gill, higher often called 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 additionally widespread conspiracy theories.
On Monday, Roaring Kitty poked enjoyable at his GameStop losses with a meme of a person pointing intently at himself in a mirror with the caption “You had been a billionaire.” Whereas many thought this was a jovial gag, the Kitty conspiracy clan seemed deeper.
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— Roaring Kitty (@TheRoaringKitty) June 10, 2024
They theorize that the mirror at which the person is pointing is actually a two-way mirror, suggesting that he’s not pointing at himself however relatively somebody behind. “Glad I’m not the one one who thought this about it being a two-way mirror once I noticed the publish,” one Reddit consumer commented.
Within the feedback to the publish, persons are diving even deeper into the mirror metaphor with “mirror buying and selling” being highlighted by one Reddit consumer. 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 previous posts by Roaring Kitty which, they imagine, suggests that he’s about to swap his allegiance with GameStop to deal with one other widespread meme inventory: AMC.
$AMC $GME pic.twitter.com/LDU7Ymwh4t
— Salvatore – Memelord Extraordinaire 🍿🦖 (@SalMemeLord) June 10, 2024
This all comes again to a Twitter publish 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 imagine, is the “monetary markets” misdirecting traders into specializing in GameStop earlier than switching to AMC. This concept is compounded by the viewers noticing that Roaring Kitty was sporting the similar hand wrap which Bruce Willis’ character wears in Fortunate Quantity Slevin.
Whether or not theorists imagine 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.