He is giving the subreddit back and putting karmanaut in charge.
Everyone put away your pitchforks.
*he is at work and doesn't have a computer. He offered to let the admins call him to verify.
It will take a few hours but trust me, the drama should be over soon enough.
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Everything went better than expected.
"For it was that within the Reddits was the IAmA where any could allow themselves to be subjected to questioning without fear, and many did search out the IAmA to allow unto themselves to be questioned. Whilst many of those in communion with the Reddits would beseech unto others to offer themselves to the hivemind for questioning.
And so it was that this community grew strong for many wished to engage those that came to share with those among them. Yet there were many who came to the IAmA and spread falsehoods and this did cause much trouble amongst those who were in communion with them.
So it came to pass that 32bites did grow weary of this and did declare that they saw no other course of action than to close the IAmA and scatter those to the four winds of the Reddits. Verily there was a great outcry that this was not the right course of action for the IAmA was a part of the Reddits that was much loved for there was still much that was good within the IamA to be had
Many did cry out for the noble Admins to intercede and to lay the mantle of moderator unto others whilst others still did set forth and create a new community to take its place. Many thought that all was lost until andrewsmith1986 did use telefonication to speaketh to 32bites and it was declared that the IAmA would remain to be shared with all who wished to be in communion with it, and there was much celebration for this was seen as good for all.
And so it was that all was as it is usually and the Reddits continued on its course to its destiny uninterrupted”
--The Book of Reddit Chp 48 pg 1050 “The parable of the IAmA”
LET MY PEOPLE GO!
Fine.
Thank you.
Unidan, or Uniden?
Let my people post!
Thank You.
You sir, are a hero. Seriously, thank you.
No more shall they in bondage toil...
LAND OF THE CHOSEN!
So, we can steal peoples' homes now?
LET MY PEOPLE STAY!
FTFY. Sorry, can't find video of Fry doing this.
Where ya been, man? I don't see you post so much anymore. German girlfriend?
*TIL you left Germany.
Nah, just busy.
I would buy this Book of Reddit, I would.
Awesome, this will actually be great to read years from now!
*Edit for the undying love of "telefonication" - sounds dirty, but is actually very efficient. Sometimes, you have to just pick up the phone!
Taking bets on a Reddit religion in 2150.
Fuck it, lets get the ball rolling now. Should it be polytheistic? Who/what are we worshipping/sacrificing?
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Some day aliens will find this and think we worshiped some social circlejerk of a website. They will be right.
to speaketh to 32bites
I just spoke with 17th-century England on the phone and they're currently spinning in their grave.
EDIT: Should that be 'they are spinningeth'?
they spinneth in thy graves
Verily, doth they spin in yon graves.
So say we all
Thank you for helping me understand all the stuff I missed while not on Reddit. Seriously.
Verily.
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Ooh! The Book of Reddit! I wonder what it says about me.
le searchy index...
araq1579- poophead.
...
AWWW YEAAAAAHH!
But war...war never changes.
Anyone else read this in Deckard Cain's voice?
Said Abraham unto the Israelites.
Come back with your main account! Some of us miss you. Even if you were often..... cranky.
Cranky?
MrOhai?
Mod me if you feel so inclined. I want to crush the fakes before me and hear the lamentations of their ...
Whatever.
Anyway, I'm up for it and have a history of catching liars.
I'm actually not a mod there.
I asked a long time ago and they told me no.
:(
Fuckers.
Oh well. Long time no see/hear bud. How ya been?
Pretty shitty lately but I'll leave that for /heybuddies.
Good to be home, I guess.
Hey- are you from the Warlizard forums?
You have mod now, spread the power!
Are you from the Warlizard gaming forums?
No, but I get that a lot.
How long do you expect this to continue?
I feel bad for you... This would be getting irritating.
No one ever asks about the araq1579 gaming forums...
Are you from the Warlizard forums?
No, but he gets that a lot.
No, but I get that a lot.
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But... it took you two months to even notice. Those aren't the greatest credentials.
Three months.
But I do tend to expose fake AMAs and scammers.
Hey, are you from the Warlizard forums?
You're not helping your case here, man.
P.S. I'm feeling the anger at the people jumping on the "warlizard forums" bandwagon for you.
Thank god Andrew happened to be on Reddit when this happened or I don't know what we would have done.
bitched and moaned probably.
Which, of course, didn't happen at all.
Everything went better than expected.
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I knew there was some reason I liked you. Nice work.
Not my stunning good looks and winning personality?
NOPE
Damn.
HA! ...but seriously now.
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Just like my last shit.
Nice work, Andrew.
[](/happy)
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Thanks for this, Andrew. See you over in the freenode.
Thank you VERY much for making this happen! Extra upvotes for you!! :)
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wow. that was such a functional adult move... are you sure you belong on reddit? ;)
Man, I made this novelty account and everything.
Nice job.
You would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for these meddlin' kids.
What...were you going to do with it?
haunt people obviously.
I'm curious...how so? EDIT: And who?
Maybe he should do an IAmA.
2 hours ago
redditor for 7 hours
I approve.
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I feel bad for r/ama. This was going to be its big break. :(
Ha, I know.
I thought the same thing.
Most users who make a comment like this will get downvoted to all hell, but I suppose you're somewhat immortal around these parts. Not trying to offend, just pointing it out.
I think its more because he's the OP, and OP's tend to get upvoted unless they're really stupid. I don't think it has much to do with the fact that he's andrewsmith1986 (although I'm sure it doesn't hurt).
Yeah, it's often genuinely interesting to know the OP's thoughts on a given comment, even if it's just positive or negative.
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Hah, I totally agree with that
I knew this would be relevant someday. Look at this shit.
| Not trying to offend, just pointing it out.
That seemed like a shot to me.
ok, not the intention though.
Niggers.
Come on man, keep it classy.
Look at it this way: People who really like r/IAmA can stick here, everyone else who would prefer a smaller AmA community can head over there
when was the last time you convinced the better part of half a million people to all do something at the same time?
honestly i don't care either way, i'll sub to whichever turns out better.
I once wrote "You are now breathing manually" on an internet forum with millions of users. So, I guess that was the last time.
Many of you feel bad for AMA. That is because you crazy. It has no feelings, and IAmA is much better.
Ol' Gill's time to shine!
What does the I in r/Iama stand for anyway?
Wow, you called him; so Reddit really is only 14 other people...
14?
6
We are 6 people. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.
Which one of you is this?
I'm the one that circlejerks in r/politics and makes incorrect, sensationalized titles. I am sorry.
Edit: I also make all unfunny novelty accounts.
This is my other you.
I am r/askreddit. Just one guy.
Yeah, I get bored easily.
I thought it was 3, 2 that upvote and 1 that downvote everything...
Naw, there's also the lurkers. There's at least 3 of them, that don't do anything. 1 of them is in charge of noob comments, like M. Night Shyamalans and I N C E P T I O N, especially in the wrong scenarios.
I N C E P T I O N
Wo's in charge of ponies then?
Also the lukers also blindly upvote the sensationalist titles and totally disregard the comments or even the link itself.
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14 other people
4! - 1 = 23
It's a conspiracy.
Actually, 14 is 1 and 4, that's 2 numbers, so you divide them each by 2, that makes 0.5 and 2. Now, you round up the 0.5 (people can't be half) to 1, that's 1 and 2, you add them up, that's 3, and there's still a 2, so 2 and 3...
Oh fuck, it's 23.
It's a conspiracy.
It's over man...no one cares anymore. Time to pack up and move on.
Nice try, GOVERNMENT!!
Actually, there's only 2 people. Me, and you. I post under all these accounts. Try to keep up, it gets boring replying to myself all day.
These cats don't know me, so 15 at least.
Depends on what you consider "reddit" to be. If you're talking Admins, than it's probably 6 like the others have said.
If you're talking about the code that runs reddit, there are 27 devs. If you're talking about the owners of reddit.com and the Reddit trademark (Condé Nast Publications) it's about 250-499 employees.
Any one of these groups could potentially bring down the reddit.com site, so it's probably best to say Reddit is larger than even the Admins think.
CAN YOU FIX /R/CIRCLEJERK TOO you magical reddit fairy you?
Who you callin a fairy?
You did sorcery to make something nice happen. That's like what a fairy does, right?
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Can you make bacon appear too? I accidentally canceled mine.
It was broke. Now it fixed. All hail the reddit fairy.
All hail the reddit fairy.
Who is that?
An ethereal being who floats in the...ether and makes nice things happen. I replied to it as that is it's primary form of communication.
TL;DR: the admin of cj closed it down while the 32bites drama was happening as a joke. my reply to what's his nuts above was in reference to that.
I love that show.
carry on.
I love those movies.
Carry On.
What an egotistical douche. What was the point? To wave his e-penis around a bit and allow us to stroke it for the subreddit back? Can I get some explanation here?
Well, it was his subreddit and he felt that he should close it and have the links stay there as a library.
He thought that a new one would spring up.
So what was his reasoning for not just unmodding himself and leaving? Didn't he think it would be a little of a hassle for nearly half a million subscribers to find a better alternative? Couldn't he predict the obvious shitstorm?
I think he didn't want his name attached to something that he believed would eventually go to shit.
OH NOES MY PRECIOUS INTERNET NAME HAS BEEN SULLIED! I WILL FOREVER BE KNOWN AS THE PERSON WHO CREATED A SUBREDDIT THAT WAS AT ONE TIME FUN AND ENTERTAINING THEN EVENTUALLY LOST ITS ACCLAIM UNDER NEW MODERATION! HOW CAN I LIVE WITH SUCH SHAME!
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So again.. why not add some other mods and then remove himself? His name would not be associated with it anymore.
Irony: his good name went to shit instead.
So instead he said "Why wait, I'll just destroy my reputation today!"
You say eventually like it hasn't already.
It did. /r/AskMe
:)
Heh. Once I heard of this debacle, I thought that you'd feel vindicated.
Having dealt with 32bites in the past, this 'debacle' is in no way a surprise to me. He put his ego ahead of logic many times in the past, and he was always quite distant as a mod and a 'leader'.
I'm not very passionate or involved with the organization of this subreddit before. It's not as much vindication as it is the feeling of "I told you so". Still surprising to me is how unpopular AskMe is to users, considering how much mod bullshit happens on reddit.
AMA was always there though.
I suggested that /IAMA2 take over.
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My pitchfork won't fit back into it's holster :(
don't put it up, youll find a reason to use it soon enough.
TIL I have a crush on andrewsmith1986.
Photos are in my ama .
Hmmm...comment stalks
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Haha, I totally forgot about that whole thing!
Mostly because I didn't care about it in the first place.
Come over to r/ArtisianVideos with me!
THANKS FOR THE UPDATE CAPTAIN SHUTIN MCNEVERLEAVESREDDIT
I USED MY DUSTY PHONE (WITH REDDIT STICKERS ON IT OF COURSE) TO PHONE ANOTHER REDDIT USER TO MAKE SURE THAT A DUDE WITH LOTS OF KARMA TOOK OVER A POPULAR SUBREDDIT.
SWEET JESUS!
I for one am extremely happy that r/IAMA won't die. Thank you, andrewsmith1986.
Me too.
Danny pudi and donald glover talked to me there.
I already put it on my resume, I can't let that go.
Donald Glover said we're dating there. In your face.
HE CALLED ME ANDREW AND DANNY SAID THANKS ANDREW THREE TIMES
WHORE
YEAH BUT ARE YOU DATING? NO YOU ARE NOT NOBODY EVEN LIKES YOU
THE WERE JUST BEING NICE BECAUSE YOU DON'T GO AWAY
HARLOT
The Community IAMAs, and Ken Jennings were probably my favorites. I'm so glad we're not losing those opportunities anymore.
Good job, man.
I got to ask Anthony Bourdain a question. Never thought to put it on my resume!
I kid, I kid. But it is one more reason why the internet is fantastic.
FYI: r/Community (the AMA's are linked in the sidebar).
I'm still waiting for my flair squatly...
Subreddits of certain sizes should not be totalitarian control.
Then support modless subreddits, like http://www.reddit.com/r/askme
Oh it's modless? -frontpage
8-(
I disagree.
Really? Why?
because the beauty of reddit is the ability to create a subreddit. what should it matter if it is just me in there or 100k people?
If we start allowing mobs to take over things from the creator, who is to stop 4chan from stepping in and ruining things.
I've made a few subreddits and when a major subreddit pisses me off, I remove it from my list and move on with my life.
subreddits are not a democracy and I don't believe they should be.
All this witch hunt drama is bullshit.
I called him to warn him, not to actually solve this drama.
I realize I'm a small user here on Reddit but FWIW I completely agree. Look what happens to subreddits that don't see a lot of moderator intervention, like r/gaming and r/politics (although I'll admit the politics mods seem to be at least trying). Both of them are complete shitfests right now, with gaming mostly being nostalgia posts and image macros while politics is over-sensationalist. Smaller subs like /truegaming are much more pleasant to be on since the moderators there are much stricter about what they will allow into their community.
Most of my subscriptions are such smaller subreddits and I believe the overall quality of my personal reddit is much much greater than what you see in the hardly-under-control default reddits I see before I log in.
So thanks for helping with r/iama. Hopefully the new staff will learn from the mistakes of the old r/iama.
I disagree. If you create a subreddit with a community of 100K people, and they are all enjoying it but you are over the whole thing, what gives you the right to just take it away from all of them? When you create a subreddit, you're not just creating it for yourself, you're giving a forum to the community as a whole.
All this shit about "oh I don't like it fuck you I'm taking it away" is just bullshit, ESPECIALLY with IAmA. He may have had a technical right to delete it, but it goes against everything that reddit stands for, and I hope it is remedied by the owners.
So even though other people may be hailing you as a hero for saving IAmA, I must say that you are no better than 32bites. As a matter of a fact, we should just call you 64bites.
I called him to warn him
about what?
taking decisions about HIS own subreddit he created ?
Use the king and his castle analogy like you did that one time.
Can you elaborate? Or give an example of when a large subreddit would benefit from such control?
I think the mob needs guidance.
Not to mention that it leads down a slippery slope. Where do you draw the line between a subreddit that's too small to be democratically-controlled and one that's "too big to fail"?
So you think freedom of speech is sacred but think that any group with a substantial number of people is a "mob" and can't be trusted with decisions such as whether their community should exist or not?
Mods create the subreddit, they don't create the community.
who's going to moderate the moderators?
Me.
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I'm down with that.
The watchmen
I'll whisper "no"
Rorschach will have your head
That's the joke!
Iunnoo... Coastguard?
Thank you. Seriously.
You are welcome.
I could use a glass of water too.
what am I supposed to do with all these RAGE?
join a gym?
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Go dance-fighting like in Footloose.
Arrange them into 4 panels and post to f7u12.
If you have multiple rages, you can have them fight it out. Upload video here.
Oh great another post about this bullshit
seriously; it's not like even half of the shit posted on that subreddit is true anyways
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What?
32bitesthedust
1x zing
I immediately unsubscribed. The amount of drama over such a poor subreddit is embarrassing; given the amount of drama over the whole kerfuffle, you would have thought 32bites had threatened to take away the right to free speech or something, rather than closing down a personal project of his.
It's not a personal project of his. It's a public forum that he happened to create, and to his credit volunteered to run for a while.
nail on the head...
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I think it was well within his right to do so but I do not think it was the correct choice.
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AMA Request: 32bites
Also, I request the ART THIEF trace us a picture of 32bites.
Will this do?: http://i.imgur.com/Gd2bA.jpg
Now we know why he quit...that chair looks terribly uncomfortable.
I think it's a bench... and an uncomfortable looking one at that.
Why does he look like Grubby?
He looks like Grubby mixed with this guy
This works too I guess.
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It's a side effect of the filter I used. He really doesn't have a beard, just a 4 o' clock shadow.
Now that you mention it, comparing my image to the original I'm not sure why the filter transformed the shadow to such a degree... the filter really just edge detects, darkens, and blurs. All I can think is maybe it lightened the face before it blured, creating a vast difference? Believe it or not... but 32bites is probably more qualified to explain why it happened than I am since he's a photographer.
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Nah this has Reaction_On_My_Nub written all over it.
I can offer you something similar.
Trickery is afoot!!!! Erm, or anob.
HaHaaa
Please, this could be such a good thing.
Stupid novelty accounts are killing reddit.
I would like RapsHisReplies to put the whole ordeal to song.
Perhaps I_RAPE_CATS can point us towards a user with inside access to explain this all to us on his blog, with that user turning out to be his friend running Google Adsense on the page hosting the blog.
I would like RapesHisReptiles to leave my iguana alone.
You can't fax glitter...
http://imgur.com/wHJUO
I just laughed loudly. Not in my brain, but in to the air with my face. It was nearly an IRL ROFL.
Where's relevant_rule34 when you need him?
He's busy. http://imgur.com/46zln
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actual laughter was produced
i do not really think he was an art thief, but thanks to reddit we may have ruined his career. we are still better than 4chan.. right?
naw, I know, he obviously has some great skills (saw the follow up drawings). Plus, I doubt a throng of young adults screaming in his direction for 0.7 microseconds before finding a new shiny post will have any impact whatsoever on his career.
SQUIRREL!!!
If he had a career he wouldn't be panhandling on the internet.
Wait, who is this "art thief" and what happened/did reddit do?
Someone doesn't read threads. Didn't really seem like it was that big of a deal what happened there.
I know it wasn't. But you can't stop the humor, mal.
"How big is the stick up your ass?"
Does it have a stick up its ass?
yes lets do that.
More like witchburning request. It's always gotta be about drama with Redditors...
AMA Request: Someone who can explain what the fuck happened
rabble... RABBLE!...
[I made one yesterday on r/AMA](http://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/comments/jubco/ama_request_scumbag_iama_admin/) since IAmA was locked down at the time. An an added bonus for 32bites, downvotes are disabled in r/AMA.
haha.
why? so that stupid redditors can downvote him?