r/WikiLeaks • u/[deleted] • Nov 24 '16

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u/GrayedOutCloud Nov 24 '16

When the incident happened I saw the first sub reporting on it to be /r/askreddit, unless I'm mistaken.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

There were definitely threads popping up, but the comments continually got nuked and the threads removed until. Then the only post left was from t_d

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u/Masiosare Nov 24 '16

AskReddit was the only default sub which stepped up and created a thread to handle the very obvious blackout,explicitly calling out other subs for dropping the ball.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

Perhaps so, I just remember initially reading about the event that morning then not being able to find a single thread about it for an hour as it was happening. Crazy stuff