There were quite a few stories about this on the front page (many of which were duplicates), and a frenzy of posters positing conspiracy theories in the comment

There were quite a few stories about this on the front page (many of which were duplicates), and a frenzy of posters positing conspiracy theories in the comments to those posts -- stuff like accusing Robin Hood of being paid off by hedge funds, general conspiracies about market manipulation and rigging, and trolls posting WSB-style content. If I want to see a flood of fake news and conspiracy theories there are plenty of other places to go. HN is not supposed to be the kind of site where that happens. Somehow the norms that prevented that from happening before on this site, even during times of extreme political controversy, have been broken.