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The '''Daniel Larson Reddit-Discord Conflict''', was a digital siege which occurred between April 1 - April 3 of 2023. This internet conflict took place between two Larson-oriented communities, the Daniel Larson Subreddit [[r/Daniellarson]] and the Discord known as "[[Daniel Larson QnA]]". | |||
Numerous viewpoints have been offered on the subject, with some Larsonian scholars calling it the "'''Larson Civil War'''." | |||
==Conflicting Viewpoints== | ==Conflicting Viewpoints== | ||
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The managers of Daniel Larson QnA viewed the discord as a way of making new Daniel Larson content and the subreddit as a bunch of trolls who wanted to hold Daniel back.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/1299v75/daniel_larson_addressing_his_relationship_with/</ref> | The managers of Daniel Larson QnA viewed the discord as a way of making new Daniel Larson content and the subreddit as a bunch of trolls who wanted to hold Daniel back.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/1299v75/daniel_larson_addressing_his_relationship_with/</ref> | ||
The Discord server, as its name states, hosted QnA sessions where the owner of the server would allow people to pay them to ask Daniel questions, with a revenue split between him and Daniel, this was often seen as an exploitation of Daniel's mental illnesses. Even though the managers never claimed to be [[gatekeeping]] Daniel Larson, the Reddit claims they fully understood that they had full control over Daniel and information pertaining to him. | The Discord server, as its name states, hosted QnA sessions where the owner of the server would allow people to pay them to ask Daniel questions, with a revenue split between him and Daniel, this was often seen as an exploitation of Daniel's mental illnesses. Even though the managers never claimed to be [[gatekeeping]] Daniel Larson, the Reddit claims they fully understood that they had full control over Daniel and information pertaining to him.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/129r55z/daniel_larson_rage_quits_after_no_one_was/</ref> | ||
They would spark controversy and infamy as there were claims that they started to work together to ensure that Daniel solely contacted them and that they were the keyholders to anything and everything about Daniel. Although the managers of Daniel would say that they were not seeking clout and or control of Daniel, it was clearly evident that IWishIHadADad had plans. | They would spark controversy and infamy as there were claims that they started to work together to ensure that Daniel solely contacted them and that they were the keyholders to anything and everything about Daniel. Although the managers of Daniel would say that they were not seeking clout and or control of Daniel, it was clearly evident that IWishIHadADad had plans.<ref>https://archive.ph/cFGNk</ref> | ||
Driven by his need to be directly in contact with Daniel and their desire to have power over the situation, they intended to counter the subreddit's desire for Daniel content and tried to keep Daniel under their wing. This plan would ultimately fail. | Driven by his need to be directly in contact with Daniel and their desire to have power over the situation, they intended to counter the subreddit's desire for Daniel content and tried to keep Daniel under their wing. This plan would ultimately fail.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/Daniellarson/comments/129yt52/daniel_larson_addressing_the_use_of_the_self/</ref> | ||
==April 1 / Unrest on the Horizon== | ==April 1 / Unrest on the Horizon== | ||
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Redditors began to post to the subreddit sharing their disgust and hate for the new management, including propaganda being created to inspire redditors to take action collectively against the QnA server. | Redditors began to post to the subreddit sharing their disgust and hate for the new management, including propaganda being created to inspire redditors to take action collectively against the QnA server. | ||
This plan worked, as almost the entire community reddit began to work together to begin to topple imbalance of power. This marked the first day of the uprising and the beginning of the | This plan worked, as almost the entire community reddit began to work together to begin to topple imbalance of power. This marked the first day of the uprising and the beginning of the conflict, as the subreddit, Daniel Larson World discord server, and other small subreddits began to join forces to attack the QnA server. | ||
== April 2 / Dox Conflict / The Plane == | == April 2 / Dox Conflict / The Plane == | ||