A few days ago /b/ (4chan) decided to make that kid (Lukeywes1234) their “savior”. He was just some kid they found who liked Star Wars, video games, and Harry Potter…

So, suddenly, having done only a few videos about Luigi and various other things, he started getting a lot of subscribers. The kid freaks out. He makes a video where he’s beside himself in excitement, and that was only after being at like 100 subscribers. Within 12 hours he broke 10k.

I still haven’t figured out the point of it all. Maybe they had a moment of altruism and wanted the kid to feel good about himself (and maybe even get some cash from Youtube, which is perhaps why he got banned). Maybe it, like most memes, sprung from nothing and snowballed out of control.

Either way, I kinda feel bad for the kid now. He just wanted a little corner on Youtube where he could post up his Luigi show and other things and a meme killed it for him.

Now, his account has been suspended, but I suspect that’s because he’s under 13 and it’s a violation of the ToS. In which case, you can’t really blame /b/. But they did give him one day of internet fame, and at his age, I’m sure that meant the world to him.

Written by Andrey - http://www.dreyx.com/2010/01/instead-of-ruining-kids-life-b-tries-to.html