Re 1, this was due to a significant mismanagement by Market Makers (too many contracts that ended up in the money forced them to purchase the stock), in particu

Re 1, this was due to a significant mismanagement by Market Makers (too many contracts that ended up in the money forced them to purchase the stock), in particular that gamma squeeze helped build momentum, and the other nearly parabolic increase before the heavens nearly fell and buying needed to be halted due to liquidity issues. Re 2, there are two things at play regarding how reddit works, WSB was one of the biggest non default subreddits even before the whole ordeal began, the other catalyst is the sheer volume of awards given within the subreddit that help push it up. re 3: rightfully so, the amount of misrepresentation and vilification only increased the perception of organized opposition, to the point where wsb was labeled as an alt right group. Talk about politics of any form is banned, period. The only instance of politicians that i have seen is Trump dancing (he wasnt ridiculed in the meme), and the fact that AOC and Don Trump Jr agreed. re 4: You can not begin to imagine the amount of bots posting absolute nonsense during the time. Had it not been for the mod team and the reddit team, the whole reddit would have shut down.