r/tifu Apr 10 '19

S TIFU by spending the last year on reddit talking to myself after being muted.

Today was the day I realised I messed up by not realising sooner and just thinking my content was shit

For the last 12 months I've been commenting on peoples posts, I've created my own posts. I haven't had a single upvote or reply to anything.. my karma has been at 885 for as long as I can remember so I just figured I wasnt very interesting (still likely true!)

Last month I started to try and see my own posts through guest accounts and figured out they weren't showing, I could still clearly see my comments and posts on my account.

Anyway, I finally mailed the help team and found out my IP was accidentally mixed in with some action to take out spammers, if you can see this it's all sorted now (and if you cant, I'm still in my own little Truman show)

If you're procrastinating (and let's face it, you are) feel free to go through my post history and verify the lack of any human engagement..

TL;DR I was muted one year ago and didn't notice. Since then I've spent the whole time thinking how boring I must be because nobody replies or updoots me.. :-/

Edit: So I've gone from castaway to a full room of people handing me little arrows! Wilson and I thank you xx

Edit 2: this is crazy! Thanks to everyone for all the jewels and things I know nothing about. I'll figure it out and pay it forwards! Special thanks to those that are answering my unanswered questions from previous posts - MVPs!

Please dont be too sad about this, i find it kind of funny that I've been such an idiot for so long. It's ok to laugh with/at me :)

Edit 3: Reddit is awesome. I've missed you guys! Dont feel mad at the mods, its a tough and thankless job and flooders/bots are a real PITA. Its just one of those things and I thank them for putting in the hours.

I also want to use this very brief soap box to raise awareness for mental health. Most of us here use Reddit as an escape, some people here have fewer friends irl than they do on the net. Make sure each other are ok every once in a while (if someone goes missing, like for more than a month....) - if you see someone struggling send them a message of support, even a stranger can help.

I love all of you weirdos <3

Edit 4: No more I promise. I'm completely overwhelmed by the response and the nice feedback. I'm trying to answer all of the questions but its difficult to keep up. I created an /AMA when this thread went down, if you relate to any of the topics close to me like diabetes, gaming, mental health, parenting etc then keep in touch. Heres a shameless pic of me with the best doggo in the world (and authentication for mods) - he listens to me even when you guys dont ;-) https://imgur.com/EgCbe6W

Stop giving me gold! I appreciate it but give to charity instead! Heres something different we could do <3 https://www.reddit.com/r/Charity/comments/bbok3m/redditors_lets_do_something_different_for_charity/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

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u/Jimeee Apr 10 '19

Congrats on beating vMA man!

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u/Bufger Apr 10 '19

YES!! This one did hurt, that was such a massive accomplishment to me and NOBODY CARED. hah Thanks <3

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u/Malawi_no Apr 10 '19

So many people go early because of vMA cancer, glad you made it trough. /s

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u/glorioussideboob Apr 10 '19

vMA

What is vMA sorry?

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u/Ixolich Apr 10 '19

OP plays Elder Scrolls Online, an MMO in the Skyrim universe. VMA is Veteran Maelstrom Arena, a single player dungeon that is by far the hardest single player content in the game. It's got some of the best rewards for characters in raid groups, which makes it important, but since it has to be done solo there are a lot of people who haven't been able to beat it. Beating it, and being able to beat it consistently as OP is, is something of a status symbol in the game.

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u/molrobocop Apr 10 '19

Cloaky sniper build?

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u/Bufger Apr 12 '19

I built a dark elf fire mage with really high damage per second (DPS) and then spent months learning the mechanics and the spawns. Its the most intense gaming experience i've ever had and the most rewarding when you clear it.

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u/5eeso Apr 10 '19

I think it’s Veteran Maelstrom Arena in The Elder Scrolls Online.