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Reddit is warning that its IPO could be volatile if it's targeted by retail investors.
  • As Reddit prepares to go public, the social-media company issued an unusual warning to investors. 
  • Redditors set off the mania that caused stock prices to go wild for GameStop and other companies.
  • Reddit flagged the same thing could happen around its big IPO. 

GameStop, AMC, and other companies saw huge swings in their stock prices starting in 2021, thanks to chatter on social-media platform Reddit.