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He was very active on Reddit while he was first starting out with comics (he did an IAMA and commented on the site a lot, talked about SEOmoz, too), Reddit revo
by naner 16y ago
He was very active on Reddit while he was first starting out with comics (he did an IAMA and commented on the site a lot, talked about SEOmoz, too), Reddit revolted on him for possibly using SEO techniques and being rude (insulting critics on twitter, etc), he started redirecting any traffic from the reddit domain to a rickroll page, and now everything seems to be back to normal.
He's been on Reddit for over 3 years:
http://www.reddit.com/user/GiantBatFart http://www.reddit.com/user/GiantBatFart
His IAMA was 11 months ago:
http://www.reddit.com/r/iama/comments/aws4z http://www.reddit.com/r/iama/comments/aws4z
Reddit revolts (2 months ago):
http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/dreg7/how_to_pander_like_the_oatmeal/c12cbih http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/dreg7/how_to_pander_...
The Oatmeal redirects Reddit traffic:
http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/eb3pg/every_oatmeal_link_redirects_to_a_rickroll_if/ http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/eb3pg/every_oatmeal_...
The Oatmeal comics work again on Reddit. Tubemonster (author of Hyperbole and a Half) defends him:
http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/eow1i/how_different_age_groups_celebrate_christmas_the/c19rtin http://www.reddit.com/r/comics/comments/eow1i/how_different_...
There you go. More than you ever wanted to know about one of Reddit's many soap operas.
- ilovecomputers 16y agoI think soap operas is a more apt way of describing internet drama: hard to follow, last a long time, and when you get right down to it: the content of the drama is very thin, so why bother?
- Stormbringer 16y agoAlso, nothing changes.
- Groxx 16y agoRedirect rickroll... that's an awesome way to make up with a website. Gotta wonder how what his traffic looked like once he did that.