Not a new phenomenon in human nature or on the Internet, by itself. On some wikis (e.g. en.wikipedia.org) there used to be extensive lists of "notorious vandals", then people realized that this only encouraged them further, now this is more limited, but there still is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse

[–] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What's the scam?

[–] moody@lemmings.world 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nobody knows because nobody who's tried to follow through has reported anything happening.

[–] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nobody knows because nobody who’s tried to follow through has ever come back. Dan Dan daaaaaan!

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I read that Dan Dan Daaaaaan as the anime not the dramatic music at first and that was kind of hilarious. I probably need sleep.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

This reminds me of once when I was playing the original EverQuest. Someone named Dunn entered the zone and everyone there started OOC broadcasting anything from "Dunn!" to "Dun dun duuuuuuuun!" I was young and sheltered and didn't get the reference; I messaged the guy something like "what was that all about?" and apparently he didn't, either. Probably pretty fun to be that popular for thirty seconds for no known reason, though.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 week ago

You get scammed into a healthy lomg lasting friendship with a polish girl from Toronto.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It’s just fun that it’s happening here. Feels like the platform is maturing.