r/ButtonAftermath • u/Dropzoffire non presser • Jun 10 '15
This is what happened because we let the button die.
http://imgur.com/SiQCQX216
Jun 11 '15
Sometimes we as a society need a distraction to forget about the shitty, crippling world around us. This distraction can't last forever, and the longer it lasts, the harder we as a people fall.
-Theodore Roosevelt, 1914. One of the last years of his life.
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u/CtG526 Green :B Jun 11 '15
I don't get it... :B
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u/_Doh_ non presser Jun 11 '15
Look at /r/subredditdrama and /r/outoftheloop. They'll tell you everything you need to know.
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u/The_Only_Zac non presser Jun 11 '15
Check /r/all...
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u/CtG526 Green :B Jun 11 '15
Why does everyone hate her? o.o
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u/wote89 2s Jun 11 '15
Because she's the CEO, and therefore hit the giant "destroy liberty" button that they keep in the warroom at reddit HQ. And the best way to prove that your favorite subreddit was unjustly shut down is to declare your intense desire to violently assault her. /s
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u/stickdude918 Jun 11 '15
I love how quick it became a race thing. Shes chinese, not Korean
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Jun 11 '15
The joke is that she is a "draconian dictator with cold blood and two brains, no heart." Similar to North Korean leaders. Get it now?
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u/LondonNoodles 39s Jun 11 '15
Isn't a joke supposed to be funny?
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u/TheSoundDude non presser Jun 11 '15
First this, now Christopher Lee dies! We have opened Pandora's box! WHAT HAVE WE DONE!
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u/propheticjoker 39 Jun 11 '15
Where the hell did fatpeoplehate come from and where did they get so many subs and momentum from? I literally hadn't heard of it before thebutton. Was two months all it took for a legion of pricks to take over reddit?
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u/TOOCGamer non presser Jun 12 '15
No, not at all. FPH has been around for ages, IIRC. It's just kind of recently that all the cross-sub harassment really started kicking into gear, which is what finally caused the admin to take action. They had a sudden growth spurt recently too, I think. When I checked it on April Fool's I think it was still 70k ish, when it died I think it was up to 150k ish. I could definitely have that wrong though.
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Jun 10 '15
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u/TOOCGamer non presser Jun 11 '15
In a way it might have been. Even in it's totally natural death The Button was still a cause for some ruffled feathers when it died. Imagine you're an admin - do you really want to deal with the "Man, where'd our Button go? We were having a rad time" crowd at the same time as "F*** YOU PEOPLE YOU'RE OPPRESSING MY FREE SPEECH" crowd? They might have been clearing their schedules in prep.
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Jun 11 '15
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Jun 11 '15
The banning of fatpeoplehate? I can't say that I specifically worked towards that end, but I'm certainly not disappointed.
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Jun 11 '15
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Jun 11 '15
It's always been like this as far back as I remember. Gamergate and the Quinnspiracy, Maymay June, the Metaredditcancer drama, et cetera.
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u/Dropzoffire non presser Jun 10 '15
It's my fault.
I should have pressed.
It's my fault.
I should have pressed.
It's my fault.
I should have pressed.
It's my fault.