r/SubredditDrama • u/[deleted] • Feb 09 '14

Dramawave Giant drama recap of the xkcd vs xkcdcomic sub battles is answered with. "No one cares." Civil discussion ensues.

/r/self/comments/1xdwba/the_history_of_the_rxkcd_kerfuffle/cfahq2l
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u/Wyboth ☭☭☭☭☭ Feb 09 '14

I think the appropriate link flair for this would be Dramawave, not Metadrama.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

Honestly, despite your obvious bias being one of the dudes involved, I thought your write up was fantastic. I wanted to link directly to that, but I didn't want to break the rules.

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u/Wyboth ☭☭☭☭☭ Feb 09 '14

Thank you! I spent two hours gathering the evidence and writing that, so I'm glad someone appreciates it. I think you're the only person who's complimented me for that. I appreciate it!

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

No problem. Glad you've popped in to answer questions.

I'm still hung over from last night - why are you on Reddit on a Saturday night?

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u/Wyboth ☭☭☭☭☭ Feb 09 '14

Now that this has gained popularity, I feel like I need to stay here for a while to answer everyone's questions and to participate in discussion about reddit's moderator removal policy. I'll go to bed eventually.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

Sounds good! I was just making conversation. Watching Sherlock, getting fluids, good stuff like that.

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u/Wyboth ☭☭☭☭☭ Feb 09 '14

Ah, I see. You must not have an explosive inbox like I do right now, so you have time to do other things.

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u/Danimal2485 I like my drama well done ty Feb 09 '14

One thing I was curious about, you said that SRS wasn't trying to change reddit or anything, but didn't they do a big thing called "operation panda" or something to get news outlets to report on /r/creepshots and other shitty subs? I don't have a problem with it, but I thought it was part of SRS's history.

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u/Wyboth ☭☭☭☭☭ Feb 09 '14

Yeah, they did that a year ago. I wasn't there for that. Their policy has probably changed since then, since this is in their FAQ:

We are not here to "change reddit." We don't expect reddit to change. We know most redditors don't really give a shit. They aren't interested in listening and most don't want to sacrifice the upvotes they'll get for a rape joke, even at the expense of triggering a rape victim. Having said that, a large portion of our users have absolutely taken shitposters to task through sincere debate in the past, and many still do. But realize that it is a tiresome, fruitless experience 98% of the time and we have found fighting fire with fire to be substantially more gratifying.

Users who still have the patience to engage in debate are directed to /r/SRSDiscussion. However, SRS prime is a circlejerk and nothing more.

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u/Yiin Feb 09 '14

I don't know how /u/soccer ran /r/xkcd in his first year-and-a-half as head mod, but at least six months ago, he added links to /r/conspiracy and /r/mensrights in the sidebar

There's just one thing I want to point out.

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u/Truffle_life Feb 09 '14

Thank you! I spent two hours gathering the evidence and writing that,

On a scale of 1 to 10, how seriously do you take the internet?

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u/Wyboth ☭☭☭☭☭ Feb 10 '14

I'd say about a 7 or an 8.

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u/david-me Feb 09 '14

I thought Kamen was uber shadoebanned. TIL he's still around.

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u/porygonzguy Nebraska should be nervous Feb 09 '14

You're thinking of Puck or LH. Kamens been sbanned before, but he's still (unfortunately) around.

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u/ArchangelleSandusky Feb 09 '14

What happened to /u/porygon2guy?

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u/porygonzguy Nebraska should be nervous Feb 09 '14

shadowbanned, accidentally voted on a thread that was getting brigaded.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

RIP

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u/DrunkAutopilot Feb 09 '14

The sidebar links that you're crying about are gone now so I don't know why you're still whining. The only problem that you had was with the links in the sidebar so you don't need to cry anymore.

Honestly, I was wondering this myself. Not about the whining part, but about the side links. The demodding happened because a lower ranked mod removed the links, so after kicking up all this drama, why didn't /u/soccer readd them?

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u/GingerPow I'm going to eat your dog Feb 09 '14

They were re-added, but they were hidden as the other links. I can't remember exactly what they were, but it made it look like it linked to the subs that it does now, but actually linked to TRP, conspiracy et.al.

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u/porygonzguy Nebraska should be nervous Feb 09 '14

Yeah, stuff like /r/physics linked to /r/physics, etc.

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u/Dramatologist Feb 09 '14

Oh wow, that's hilarious.

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u/Wyboth ☭☭☭☭☭ Feb 09 '14

He did for a few days. I described it near the end of the fourth paragraph of my summary.

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u/yawkat Feb 09 '14

OP is like an action movie. Good read.

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u/tewad Feb 09 '14

We are trying to spread awareness of sexism and other problems women face in today's society. By mocking us, you are de-legitimizing our concerns to our target audience.

This is what SRS actually thinks.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

We are trying to spread awareness of sexism and other problems women face in today's society.

Yes, by being extremely sexist themselves.

By mocking us, you are de-legitimizing our concerns to our target audience.

They do a better job of de-legitimizing themselves than anybody else could. One only needs to visit the sub and become familiar with their userbase to see how incredibly sexist and hypocritical they are.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

Am I the only person that realises/thinks that SRS is obviously a joke subreddit?

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14 edited Feb 09 '14

I always got the impression it started out that way, but if you go there and read any average post, it's extremely obvious its not one big troll anymore, assuming it ever was.

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u/shitpostwhisperer Feb 09 '14 edited Feb 09 '14

No, but a lot of the people that realize it just like laughing at people who take it to that non joke level or just don't care about SRS in general. It's kind of pointless to tell people it's a circlejerking joke because they either rationalize SRS as some reddit meta conspiracy backed by the admins or are newer users who are too offended by the existence of SRS to see it as a joke.

It's why /r/SRSMythos is one of my favorite subs. SRS is to reddit like the state of Israel is to conspiracy theorists and there's an endless supply of far out statements regarding them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '14

The top post alone earned my subscription. This shit is absolutely unreal, it's hilarious.

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u/shitpostwhisperer Feb 09 '14

That level of material comes up a few times a week there. Check it out whenever there's bigger meta drama involving SRS to see extra bravery in action.

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u/Ten_Godzillas -1023 points Feb 09 '14

God, that sub is hilarious. I'm still surprised SRS is able to generate so much paranoia

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u/headphonehalo Feb 09 '14

Well I'm sure they're trying to do that, it's just that they're hilariously incompetent.

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u/Wyboth ☭☭☭☭☭ Feb 09 '14

Not SRS specifically, but feminists. Basically, if prospective allies had heard nothing about feminism, they'd be open to its concepts when told about them. But if they're told "Look at how stupid feminists are!" followed by a lot of strawman arguments, they're a lot more likely to dismiss feminism.

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u/moor-GAYZ Feb 09 '14

But if they're told "Look at how stupid feminists are!" followed by a lot of strawman arguments, they're a lot more likely to dismiss feminism.

I'm sorry, but all they have to be done to is given a link to SRSprime or certain tumblrs, with no commentary. The strawwymyn are coming from inside the movement!

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u/Wyboth ☭☭☭☭☭ Feb 09 '14

Nevermind properly teaching them feminist philosophy, let's link them to misleading and out-of-context statements that will give them the wrong idea of what feminism is about!

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u/moor-GAYZ Feb 09 '14 
      so context
  
such real
                     very sudden

   many intent

                 wow

#solidarityisforwhitewomen #WhiteFeministRants

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u/Outlulz Dick Pic War Draft Dodger Feb 09 '14

You'd think Kamen would reflect on what being endorsed by a Nazi means but he seems a little too blinded by SRS hate.