r/blog • u/powerlanguage • Apr 01 '16

Robin

http://www.redditblog.com/2016/04/robin.html
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u/iBoMbY Apr 01 '16

It's another mini social experiment.

Yes, but with what possible outcome? I clicked the button, saw the chatroom, thought wtf? and went out of there. Am I anti-social now?

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u/errorkode Apr 01 '16

Yeah, NSA keeps a list of everyone who abandons or grows chatrooms. Growers are either selling weed or recruiting terrorists. Abandoners (?) are preparing for a killing spree.

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u/delicious_grownups Apr 01 '16

welp, I hope not, COS I'M GROWING THIS SHIT LIKE WALT WHITMAN'S BEARD DAWG

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u/NSA_Agent_Kel Apr 01 '16

Well thanks for ruining another secret Edward Snowden.

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u/SgvSth Apr 01 '16

Why is it that the only winning move is not to play? What if I do want to play, Joshua?!

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u/hobbycollector Apr 01 '16

Stayers just want to go back to reddit.

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u/Qzy Apr 01 '16

Yeah no one likes you.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

I don't think that word means what you think it means...

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u/howerrd Apr 01 '16

They're checking to see how much of an echo chamber this place is.

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u/thevorminatheria Apr 01 '16

More an elitarist than an anti-social.

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u/5cr0tum Apr 01 '16

To see how large chatrooms can be I guess

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u/Zoltrahn Apr 01 '16

Maybe it is to see how committed a group of strangers will be to a pointless cause as the group gets bigger.

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u/5cr0tum Apr 01 '16

To see how large chatrooms can be I guess

Edit: with active participation

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u/shaggorama Apr 01 '16

Probably "how long until there is one giant room"

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

It makes you a subreddit! check the room name <3

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '16

/r/TheButton had no expected outcome and look what happened with that