system
A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
As shorts start losing (ie as the price of the asset rises) they will eventually have to BUY the asset to cover their shorts. When a lot of traders are engaged in short selling at the same time, it can end up creating a race to get out (short squeeze) and a lot of amplitude on the buy side.
gpt
Or the shorts were right all along and you just bought something that everyone knew was garbage.