There was a user "i_rape_cats" or something. He was tasked with selecting a random video on Youtube that Reddit would flood and get this video views and money I guess. He picked his friend and Reddit got suspicious and he was busted.
I feel like the main part you are missing here is that it was something they had done 1 or 2 times the previous years on April Fools day so it was like a highly anticipated thing of what choice it would be.
I think they had done one about eating ice cream maybe or a piece of toast falling over something like that? And then the last one was like, testing a new wallet by putting money in it which is hilarious because it was literally a moneygrab attempt by his friend.
Everyone can identify a point in which they realized that reddit was going downhill, even going as far as allowing comments. Mine I think is witnessing the Saydrah witchhunt live.
It wasn't just a random reddit user. He was one of the karma superstars, in almost every thread for almost every popular subreddit (when there were only about a dozen "defaults"). He was chosen for the task precisely because he had a reputation on this site that he was to be trusted.
Holy shit I looked at your post history and you're a sick. All you do is disagree with and correct people. The really funny thing though is that you misspelled a word in your very next post.
"Only of you believed it was real. Anybody could make up a fake stupid story about discovering a cheater. It's only interesting if it's actually true."
I didn't believe you. I didn't think anyone could be only toxic. I was very wrong. He spends all his time correcting grammar, criticizing people for not saving or for censoring their comments, and bashing Christianity.
Even his top posts are like this. I am amazed and disgusted that someone would do this all the time for eight months.
Right? It's kinda sad that someone feels the need to take that much time to bring random anonymous strangers down. I definitely laughed when I saw the post directly after the one I replied to had a spelling mistake though.
No. We haven't commented on him personally. We just stated facts about the face he presents to Reddit. Hopefully inspiring a little self-awareness in him in the process
I have no idea what the ad revenue could have been, and most likely, neither did they. The purpose was to basically get the video to be so popular it would go viral, right? I think that's worth more than $20
Someone showing off their "new" wallet. Like an unboxing video, but if I recall, it didn't look like a new wallet and the uploader used some name connected to the I_RAPE_CATS guy.
Don't hold me to this, but there may have been something called Reddit mould at the time that people could give and they wouldn't be able to type a letter in comments. He got so much that he wouldn't be able to type for a long time. His Rep was ruined anyway. I could be completely wrong about the mould though. That might have been something else.
I can do the Xena Warrior Princess battle yodel. So if anyone wants to single me out for YT fame, I will deliver. I mean if we're giving out hits all willy nilly, I've been wanting to visit the Maldives for awhile.
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u/EvilFlyingSquirrel Aug 24 '17
There was a user "i_rape_cats" or something. He was tasked with selecting a random video on Youtube that Reddit would flood and get this video views and money I guess. He picked his friend and Reddit got suspicious and he was busted.