How r/wallstreetbets became the center of a financial revolt?

A couple of days ago a huge fight started taking place between a relatively small group of Gen-Z investors in a Reddit group named r/wallstreetbets and a multi-billion dollar hedge fund named Melvin Capital. Led by a single person using u/DeepFuckingValue AKA “the king” who made 22 million dollars by investing only approx $57K.