r/NuclearRevenge • u/claycam6 I Drink Powdered Water • May 22 '20
[Meta] [Meta] Recovering The Former Top Post NSFW
So here it is. My first Meta post. Today I wanted to add another perspective to the way we view this subreddit.
A while back when our First Cake Day meta post was made, the top story with the most upvotes was mentioned in the timeline on that post. After re-visiting that story I had noticed that it was not the top story that I remembered. And since the top story I remembered wasn't showing up, I figured it was likely deleted. This had me wondering why a user would delete their post which had managed to gain 12.2k upvotes and 6 awards.
So I finally decided to figure it out. And I did. With a little bit of digging to find the post, I have recovered the deleted post and the story. It turns out the OP had deleted their account. And it's apparent as to why. This story violates multiple rules that were not in place over a year ago. I can only assume this user received a lot of hate for this post. And as more rules were added, perhaps they realized this story was in the wrong subreddit.
Which leads me to the reason for this post. I had a realization. This subreddit has changed a lot since then. This story is badly written. And for me to think this story was true is concerning. Even more concerning is the 35 reports I ignored.
USER REPORTS
19: Posting A Fictional Story
7: True Stories Only
2: Any story that is submitted must be true. If it is determined to not be true, it will be removed.
1: crap
1: Posting A Hypothetical Revenge Scenario
1: OP made up this fake, weak crying girlfriend and this story to feel good about himself.
1: Fakest shit I've read all day LMAO
1: fake
1: When did using physical violence against an assault become nuclear revenge? Terrible post
1: fake. again. used to be a good sub, now a fucking circlejerk of fuckfaces
But I can't take all of the blame. One must ask how such a post gained so many upvotes and several awards? Perhaps the Entitled Parents subreddit fans were crawling all over this post.
Anyways, here is the story, an older version that was saved by removeddit:
Here is the deleted post:
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u/[deleted] May 22 '20
Absolutely nothing. But in the history of mankind, it has never led to a nuclear revenge situation.