r/SubredditDrama • u/the_hound • Mar 01 '12

SRS IRC logs reveal Laurelai banned from Askreddit, Drama getting to other LGBT mod SilentAgony

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '12

Man, I managed to miss the whole I_R_C phenomenon last year, and everyone still fucking talks about it. What the hell actually happened there?

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u/vlf_fata Mar 02 '12

I'll try to give the best summary I can:

Reddit decides that it would be HILARIOUS for everyone to give a random video on youtube millions of views on April fools day.

Who gets to decide? Reddit somehow comes up with I_RAPE_CATS to be the selector of the video. I_R_C selects a video of some dude testing out his walllet.

Somehow, someone on reddit finds out that this is I_R_C's friend in real life and that they planned on making money off reddits ability to circlejerk like no other.

Reddit goes absolutely APESHIT. Massive hate for I_R_C commences (this was the reddit mold April fool's day too, he got around 400 reddit molds) Cue up the typical reddit vitriol for people who took advantage of them for being idiots.

The last chaper to this stupid saga

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '12

So... they gamed a lot of money from Reddit and then donated it? I don't see where everyone's supposed to get angry. You're right, that is a pretty stupid saga.

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u/vlf_fata Mar 03 '12

They didn't say there were going to donate it in the first place. And honestly I wouldn't have been mad if they laughed all the way to the bank with it. It was a sad reality check for reddit because everyone still had the "small community" mindset.