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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.
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.


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>
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>
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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.  
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.  


After everything was over, wurzt posted a list of the most notable people who helped powering the hashtag. Afterwards, Wurzt thanked every single notable person that helped with 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>  
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>  
[[File:Image44444.png|thumb|712x712px|Announcement that sent a message to the general public about #RipDrake]]
[[File:Image44444.png|thumb|712x712px|Announcement that sent a message to the general public about #RipDrake]]
[[File:Innocent Individual.png|thumb|387x387px|An innocent individual caught in an elite act of trolling.]]
[[File:Innocent Individual.png|thumb|387x387px|An innocent individual caught in an elite act of trolling.]]