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user-inactivated  ·  3652 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: That time I09 used my reddit comment for a post and didn't even credit me

So, so do you have that funny plains thing you were looking for?

Not that I would use it for anything. Nope. No sir.

Edit: Also I fucking love the Thing, one of my absolute favorite movies.





kleinbl00  ·  3652 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  

Psssh. Okay.

Here's the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

robingallup took a picture of a house that looks like a duck. He hosted it on his own webspace (this is before the existence of Imgur) and served ads. Saydrah removed it.

Then Saydrah made the mistake of pointing out that Matt Inman, who was using Reddit to pimp The Oatmeal, had a background in SEO.

Then Reddit pointed out that Saydrah had a background in SEO and was also a bitch.

Then Reddit lost their fucking mind and reposted naked pictures of her, doxed her, called her grandfather's house with death threats and generally went batshit fucking insane. Future admin qgyh2 decided to remove her as a moderator of /r/pics, primarily because Reddit went batshit fucking insane.

The admins, faced with their first real instance of the mob gone wrong, did exactly nothing.

    What happened this weekend saddened us. Saydrah's postings have been additive to the community, and we have no indication that she's been anything but a great moderator to the communities she moderates. Moderators are not exempt from our anti-cheating measures, and, though I hate to have to put it in these terms, we've "investigated" Saydrah, and we didn't find any indication of her cheating or otherwise abusing power.

Know how that burning monk is the shot that indicated that Vietnam was gonna be a war, and it was gonna be awful?

Here's the picture of Reddit's downfall:

user-inactivated  ·  3652 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Holy shit.

I just want everyone to know that I'm not just badging this for Hubskina. I'm also badging it, because it's fucking amazing.

_refugee_  ·  3652 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Y'all know saydrah is on here right? Just totally inactive. I think Lorelei too.

Edit: I suppose the lessons here are multiple:

1) at least thank god I don't have a background in SEO

And

2) between kb and me we can probably fill you in on most of the reddit drama canon, though kb can probably give you more than I can.

kleinbl00  ·  3652 days ago  ·  link  ·  

She lives 'cross town, too. We've been remiss in getting a beer for far too long. Saydrah!

thenewgreen  ·  3652 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Capital "s"

kleinbl00  ·  3652 days ago  ·  link  ·  

beetlejuicebeetlejuicebeetlejuiceSaydrah

iammyownrushmore  ·  3652 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Were you a mod or something? I intentionally avoid most of the drama on reddit, so I honestly have no clue.

edit. refugee. it's _refugee_ for a reason that has never occurred to me until now. If it's some drama that isn't worth revisiting, feel free to ignore, I was just curious.

_refugee_  ·  3652 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Lol. Uhn I tend to be intensely curious far past my own good when it comes to things I'm interested, but yeah, I'm also a reddit/digg refugee. More of a watcher than a pot-stirrer but I read up on what I get into so I tend to know some of the back history and stuff. Plus, drama = popcorn.

iammyownrushmore  ·  3652 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Word. I've seen some stuff go down there but it gets real boring for me after more than one click-through. I'm more of a "watch the shit fly" type of person than really paying attention to who's doing the flinging. In regards to internet drama, that is. SRD is one of the few things I got there for anymore.

_refugee_  ·  3651 days ago  ·  link  ·  

For some reason SRD just doesn't do it for me the same way.

swedishbadgergirl  ·  3652 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So I started out on Reddit - and when I heard about Saydrah after a year or so I googled it and read about it and was amazed. Not in a good way but in a WTF is wrong with people way.

When I got here and realized SHE was here I was f*cking amazed. In a good way.

And I realized that this must be a pretty chill place.

_refugee_  ·  3651 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wish she was more active. She was still around a teeny bit when I started here but not for long.

swedishbadgergirl  ·  3651 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I mean, I'm kind of glad she's not because I'd fangirl at her and freak her out and feel really bad.

And then I feel sad because I'm thinking of slight discomfort while the things she had to deal with...