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		aahortwwy on Feb 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reddit’s ‘GMEBagHoldersClub’ Is Where GameStop Sto... The vast majority of WSB members weren't on the subreddit two weeks ago. At this point it may as well be a completely different community.

EQVEYWDCHQ on Feb 6, 2021 | [–]

It was also a completely different community at 50k vs. 500k etc. At that point it started hitting /r/all consistently.

pjc50 on Feb 6, 2021 | | [–]

/r/all does immediately ruin the subreddits that appear there.

tourist_ on Feb 6, 2021 | [–]

To put this in context, the member count went from (at most) 1.5M to 8.5M within weeks. No wonder it got crazy out there.

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