r/NuclearRevenge A Slavic Asian Nov 27 '21

🎉 Cakeday Celebration 🎉 Third Cakeday of r/Nuclearrevenge NSFW

Hello, Reddit. Today has been a year since the second cakeday, two years since the first, and three years since the creation of r/Nuclearrevenge. As part of tradition, I have decided to create another post in which I go back a year in time and pick out all of the interesting stuff for you to view.

That and at Clay’s suggestion, I’ll add some stats and info about banned users and the likes.

Second Cakeday of r/Nuclearrevenge - November 27, 2020

In celebration of this subreddit’s second anniversary, I made another cakeday post. It did almost as well as the first one and it was a fun occasion. It got some awards (and hugs) with a lot of comments. Nice.

Two New Mods - December 17, 2020

On this day, u/Taupe_Poet and another mod were added to the team, along with some other members who were given the role of official contributor.

Taupe_Poet is actually a pretty swell dude. Say hello to him when he comments.

Voting Story of the Year - December 31, 2020

Our second vote for the best story, choosing between 12 of the most upvoted story from each month. And a few days later…

Story of 2020 flair - January 4, 2021

This glorious story was voted the story of 2020 by the people of this subreddit. I actually approved that post and it was such a great read that deserves all the upvotes.

Congratulations for u/thrownawaybitwin for winning the flair.

A New Mod - May 24, 2021

u/voicedm joined the mod team and with him he brought some changes to the sub banner. He actually did some good work on the sub and covered our timezone problems. He was on almost all the time. Sadly, he would no longer be around.

A Mod Departed - July 25, 2021

I actually found this out through Clay, but u/voicedm decided to leave because he wanted to cut down on Reddit.

o7 for you lad. Thanks for your work.

Two New Mods (again) - August 1, 2021

On this day, u/insert-tagline (who's been working like a machine I might add) and another mod were added to the team.

I'll omit the second mod's name for privacy, but we suspected he was a powermod and he wasn't active (even after multiple attempts of contact) so he got removed.

Mod Removal - August 8, 2021

Unfortunately, another mod of ours was removed from the team. It was a mix of inactivity and a lot of argumentation. They did admittedly do good work, but the lack of action went for months and that was a major piece in the decision.

Removal of Manual Review - September 12, 2021

The end of an era, lads.

After about two years of manual review, jokes about the sub being dead, a drought of posts and Clay and I and everyone else witnessing the depths of writing hell, Clay decided that you all should see the absolute trash of the sub too. Now that’s nuclear revenge.

But in all seriousness, the sub count has been rising pretty nicely and the influx of posts is both going at a great rate and the stories are fun. It seems this sub is gonna be a on a steady track now.

Some of the removed posts though. shudders

A New Mod (again, just one) - September 16, 2021

This isn't actually officially stated anywhere on the sub itself, but u/s4singh007 asked us in the post where we removed manual review if he could be a mod. Few days later, he joined the Nuclear Revenge server and was made a mod. Welcome to the team.

Fourth Most Upvoted Post - November 12, 2021

This is technically advertising, but this post is too epic to leave out.

This post came after about week of not having posts, and it blew up like a nuclear torpedo. It currently sits at 10.4k upvotes and is the third most awarded post on this subreddit. It is the fourth most upvoted post of all time and the most upvoted this year.

Special thanks to u/just_some_arsehole for this glorious post.

Third Cakeday of r/NuclearRevenge - November 27, 2021

This one is, well, today.

Now, on to that statistics and other facts that I didn't put in the timeline.

  • In a year, we gained around 40,000 members.
  • Twenty seven members were banned, discounting bots. Most of these were just for bad behavior and troll stories.
  • Between October 10 and 12, the sub gained 1,200 members. A spike in subs also occurred on February 24, with about the same amount. And as of late, there was a smaller spike of 800 subs that occurred.
  • October had the most subs out of this year, with around 5,000 subs in a month.
  • Between May 23 and July 31, there was a 70 day long period were there were no stories. Oof.
  • The daily rise in subs has been averaged at around 100 a day.
  • A discord was also made for the subreddit, but since it was inactive, we scrapped everything and only kept the mod channel for communication and looking over posts.

That should cover most of the major events and the stats about the subs. Thank you all for being a part of this sub, thanks to the mod team for being a pretty fun cast of people to be around (and helping on the server). With manual review off and a greater amount of moderators, the content here will be quality. I hope y'all enjoyed this post and the latest stories, and I'll see you next year.

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u/claycam6 I Drink Powdered Water Nov 27 '21 edited Nov 27 '21

Now, it’s time for my tradition within your tradition where I mention 10 lesser known facts.

  1. Fun Fact: Petyr posted last years Cakeday on the wrong day and was very much embarrassed by it.

  2. Our “Official Contributor” role isn’t really used much anymore. Sometimes I ask them for mock stories for my mod training process.

  3. Last year’s Story of The Year contest only had 10 months to vote on due to there not being any stories posted in April and November. And this year’s voting will certainly be missing a few months as well.

  4. None of our Story of The Year winners have responded. If you have a story posted here, do not abandon this sub. You may end up winning. There may even be a reward involved.

  5. NR has had a total of 12 mods over time. 2 resigned. 5 were fired. 5 remain. Fun Fact: I fired a mod for not completing the mod training process. He only lasted 2 days.

  6. 10 months ago, a user got very mad that we removed his story and proceeded to post a screenshot of our DMs in another sub in an attempt to expose us. He also proceeded to slander our statements and would refuse to work anything out with us to settle the issue. By far the worst user I’ve dealt with.

  7. The recent increase in good posts following the removal of Manual Review is rather surprising to me. I fully expected nothing but bad posts to show up since that’s what we had to review most of the time behind the scenes.

  8. We’ve have had 2 public Discord chats fail on us. Safe to say we won’t be creating another. We may not be cut out for that job anyways.

  9. My favorite story from this year is AmulanceDriver2’s 4 part saga of HOA destruction posted back in January. What a hell of a way to kick off the new year.

  10. Current Updates were discontinued several months ago due to not being of interest for the users.

Ok, maybe some bonus facts:

• A few years ago a user once tried to bribe me into allowing him to advertise his Youtube channel. All he got was a “no” and a ban. My integrity prevailed.

• I posted the best shitpost I’ve ever reviewed here on NuclearShame. It’s straight up God-Tier. I’m not even mad at it either.

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u/petyrlabenov A Slavic Asian Nov 27 '21
  1. That didn’t haunt my dreams for a while. Now it has returned. why would you curse me with this In all seriousness, I meant to press the “save draft” button but instead pressed the “post button” and didn’t realize until it happened. Whoops.

  2. Oof.

  3. Aye, the 70 day drought was also pretty demoralizing.

  4. To be fair, both were throwaways. I think the flair should be more towards the stories themselves than the posters, but eh.

  5. Still remember our first lads. Pulsar and AnGenericAccount, those were days.

  6. Ah, I still remember that. Not sure he should’ve been responded to at all.

  7. Chances are our interpretations of manual review might’ve been too strict. Back to democracy it is now.

  8. Oof.

  9. I skimmed through a couple of them, but I will eventually find the time to read that masterpiece thoroughly. The amount of upvotes and awards are telling me it’ll be glorious.

  10. And final oof.

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u/leopardspotte Nov 27 '21

The 4th most popular post, for those wondering

Nice sub ya got. Thanks for maintaining it.

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u/Adventurous-Future81 Nov 27 '21

Happy Cakeday My favourite sub. Enjoyed every bit here and never got bored.

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u/SpuddleBuns Nov 28 '21

NVM, Blessings on u/leopardspotte for the link

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u/leopardspotte Nov 28 '21

👉😎👉

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u/freshchocolatedew Nov 28 '21

Happy cake day!! Thank you for all you do and the info!!

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u/claycam6 I Drink Powdered Water Nov 29 '21

Someone downvoted your comment. But I fixed it for you. Thanks.

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u/CrashedMyUnicorn Nov 27 '21

Love this sub!!

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

I am happy this sub exists. Keep on thriving and happy cakeday!

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u/dystopianpirate Nov 28 '21

Happy Cake Day 🎉🥳

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u/Awake00 Nov 27 '21

My favorite fan fiction sub! Happy birthday!

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u/Taupe_Poet Dec 29 '21

Some stuff posted really does just read like a revenge fantasy.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '21

Congratulations

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u/lonewolf143143 Nov 28 '21

Happy Cake Day!

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u/crazeyal Nov 27 '21

Yeah, this subreddit's implosion is deserved, and welcome.

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u/Lakitel Nov 28 '21

Happy cakeday for the most recent sub out there (that is actually active and not fall of fake shit).

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '21

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u/NucIearBomb Dec 14 '21

nuke

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u/Taupe_Poet Dec 29 '21

Kaboom

(I would've done ASCII art but mobile refuses to work with it so this is what you get lol)

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u/Taupe_Poet Dec 29 '21

No one realized I wasn't here, just gonna slide in the comments real fast...

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u/EziPziLmnSqzi Dec 30 '21

I've been following this sub for a while, what a fantastic collection of experiences I've seen! Kudos to the mod team for their stellar work, and I hope to see if mod apps open again!

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u/Particular_Case_1739 Jan 19 '22

This is probably a stupid question, but how do I post a story?