KEY POINTS
  • GameStop shares are up more than 1,500% this year, as retail investors have piled into the stock and forced short-sellers to unwind their positions.
  • The Reddit forum r/WallStreetBets spawned much of the activity.
  • Ben Kusin, an active follower of WallStreetBets, said this story hits a little too close to home.
A GameStop store in Hollywood, California, busy with customers waiting in line to enter the video game retailer on January 27, 2021.

Ben Kusin, a longtime Redditor, has enjoyed a front-row seat for the recent GameStop saga. But he admits the story hits a little too close to home.

Kusin has been on Reddit for over 13 years and is most active on r/WallStreetBets, the forum that spawned much of the historic spike in trading of GameStop shares this week.