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| The '''Rip Drake''' hashtag was an effort to make a popular [[wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]] hashtag, on social media, hashtags are used on microblogging and photo-sharing services such as Twitter or Instagram as a form of user-generated tagging that enables cross-referencing of content by topic or theme.
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| The hashtag would try to falsify [[wikipedia:Drake_(musician)|Drake's]], an american rapper's death, this hashtag originates in the [[Whenthe]] server.
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| ==Rip Drake== | | ==Rip Drake== |
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| === Beginning === | | === Beginning === |
| On the 15th of November, an announcement was posted in the #announcements channel by the user [[Wurzt]] that told members to start sending messages with the #RipDrake hashtag on the Twitter platform, many other servers such as [[Dogelore]] or [[Irony Hub]] also helped with the effort of pushing the hashtag into the trending section of Twitter. | | Definetly one of the biggest achivements of the irony community as a whole. On the 15th of November |
| | starting with whenthe a message was sent in announcement, telling everyone to post the #RipDrake hashtag on twitter. |
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| This goal was finally met and thanks to that many innocent individuals were caught up in a somewhat elite act of ironic trolling.<ref>[https://i.gyazo.com/36c19d8aaa4f84df29d0755b8b1324b9.png Screenshot of a message in the #announcement channel related to #RipDrake going trending in the US.]</ref><ref>[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/528925949568483328/777333032226783262/image0.png Screenshot of many unrelated twitter users getting trolled by #RipDrake]</ref>
| | And to also spread the word about it, eventually it was also posted |
| | in ironyhub and dogelore. |
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| === Rip Drake Goes Mainstream === | | === Rip Drake Goes Mainstream === |
| [[File:Lifetime.png|thumb|336x336px|The #RipDrake hashtag appearing in the trending section of the United States of America.]]
| | The movement picked up speed, |
| All of this resulted in an official statement from the Twitter team, <ref>[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/528925949568483328/777338425724239972/Em04dX8WEAExx9s.png Screenshot of the official statement from the twitter team.]</ref>calming many people down who actually believed that Drake died from unknown causes.
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| After everything was over, wurzt posted a list of the most notable people who helped powering the hashtag. Also thanking them in the process.<ref>[https://i.gyazo.com/c8349020014a2c18259911fdf261495a.png Screenshot of Wurzt's announcement thanking everyone who powered the hashtag.]</ref>
| | and with the help of many servers. It reached trending, the hashtag also received |
| [[File:Image44444.png|thumb|712x712px|Announcement that sent a message to the general public about #RipDrake]]
| | an official statement from twitter. |
| [[File:Innocent Individual.png|thumb|387x387px|An innocent individual caught in an elite act of trolling.]]
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| <blockquote>''Thank @Wess☻ for making the idea with me in vc''
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| ''Thank @Moe_ for being a first responder and advertising this on Irony Hub''
| | === End === |
| | After everything was over, wurzt posted a list of the most notable people who helped powering the hashtag. |
| | [[File:Image44444.png|thumb|712x712px|Chaos Begins]] |
| | [[File:Innocent Individual.png|thumb|387x387px|Innocent Individual]] |
| | Also thanking them in the process. |
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| ''Thank @cristen for advertising this on Dogelore''
| | <code>Thank @Wess☻ for making the idea with me in vc</code> |
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| ''Thank @andromeda for being a first responder and making that heaven image''
| | <code>Thank @Moe_ for being a first responder and advertising this on Irony Hub</code> |
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| ''Thank dactyl for making the fake shooting article along with inflating the tag''
| | <code>Thank @cristen for advertising this on Dogelore</code> |
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| ''Thank @super sonic fan for making the fake genius article that went viral on my account''
| | <code>Thank @andromeda for being a first responder and making that heaven image</code> |
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| ''Thank @astralsky for making the rick roll latlmes article that i tweeted''
| | <code>Thank dactyl for making the fake shooting article along with inflating the tag</code> |
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| ''Thank @aterr for inflating the tag at the beginning''
| | <code>Thank @super sonic fan for making the fake genius article that went viral on my account</code> |
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| ''Thank @(n04) for above Thank fritze for above''
| | <code>Thank @astralsky for making the rick roll latlmes article that i tweeted</code> |
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| ''Thank @Extra for above Thank @nikkouga for above''
| | <code>Thank @aterr for inflating the tag at the beginning</code> |
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| ''Thank @Aeri for above (he showed up in a news article too)''
| | <code>Thank @(n04) for above Thank fritze for above</code> |
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| ''Thank @Bucket for above and getting his account banned Thank''
| | <code>Thank @Extra for above Thank @nikkouga for above</code> |
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| ''@Deleted User for above''
| | <code>Thank @Aeri for above (he showed up in a news article too)</code> |
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| ''Thank @SpangleMoth for above''
| | <code>Thank @Bucket for above and getting his account banned Thank</code> |
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| ''Thank @SpeedPlatinum for above''
| | <code>@Deleted User for above</code> |
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| ''Thank @hav for above''
| | <code>Thank @SpangleMoth for above</code> |
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| ''Thank @Ohio for above''
| | <code>Thank @SpeedPlatinum for above</code> |
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| ''Thank @Ray P. Miners for above''
| | <code>Thank @hav for above</code> |
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| ''Thank @𐍀𐍂𐍉𐌳 for above''
| | <code>Thank @Ohio for above</code> |
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| ''Thank @GROTESQUE for above''
| | <code>Thank @Ray P. Miners for above</code> |
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| ''Thank @quoge with beans for above''
| | <code>Thank @𐍀𐍂𐍉𐌳 for above</code> |
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| ''Thank @Cosmic printer for above''
| | <code>Thank @GROTESQUE for above</code> |
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| ''Thank @Allah #FREEJADE for above along with trolling the people sending hate and shit even 12 hours later''
| | <code>Thank @quoge with beans for above</code> |
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| '''~ Wurzt'''</blockquote>
| | <code>Thank @Cosmic printer for above</code> |
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| == References ==
| | <code>Thank @Allah #FREEJADE for above along with trolling the people sending hate and shit even 12 hours later</code> |
| [[Category:Whenthe events]] | | [[File:Lifetime.png|left|thumb|337x337px|Lifetime Achivement Award]] |
