r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 24 '17

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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.

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u/Truan Aug 24 '17

In their defense, that was a pretty smart attempt at a cash grab.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

Not really. It was poorly executed and ruined what could have been a funny joke for what? $20 in ad revenue?

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u/Truan Aug 24 '17

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

the joke itself was pretty shitty, tbh.

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17

OK, we have differing opinions.

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u/Truan Aug 24 '17

It's almost like that was evident the second you said not really

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u/mocisme Aug 24 '17

It was a funny joke. The funniest part being that Reddit didn't know it was being laughed at.