http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/fy6yz/51_hours_left_to_live/


An AMA for those not familiar is basically an interview. "I am a [something]" People can post and ask about your situation / job / life / whatever.

Why is there a wigger on my screen?

HAHA ive seen that wigger so many places, i love it

Get out of here, scumbag steve.

Ok so since I'm not running out of the office I'll explain more:


A thread was posted in IAMA in which the submitter claimed to only have 51 hours to live. Basically he claimed to have cancer and was getting the plug pulled by his own choice. The thread received an amazing outpouring of kindness and support.

After some people pointed out holes in the story, this Gawker editor stepped forward. So either he was pretending to be a cancer patient, or he's claiming the role for some bizarre reason.

The 'witchhunt' tweet refers to an event where reddit didn't graciously accept a post asking for donations to a charity. I dont know the exact details behind it, but in the past people have posted stories about their fundraisers that have turned out to be scams. In this situation then, it's justified to question the submitter and confirm the story. Hardly a witch hunt.

tl;dr:

Gawker editor poses as a dying cancer patient to prove reddit is terrible. Reddit really just doesn't like being scammed.

edit: forgot to link to the official reddit comment on the issue!
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/g14ed/i_dont_expect_anything_less_from_good_ol_gawker/c1k69fz

I don't understand the internet these days

basically it goes like this:

* > web 2.0 me-too sites > gawker

supposedly he didn't actually do it, just made a fake tweet about what he thought was a fake redditor

http://i.imgur.com/9Ieo4.jpg

Or he did do it, and is now getting such bad publicity that Gawker already didn't need, that he felt he needed to deny it.

The world may never know.

On the upside, any bad publicity for Gawker is okay in my book.

I don't understand any of this and will simply cite this thread as proof that the world will be a better place when the machines take over.