Back when Reddit was younger, there was a guy named P-Dub who needed some help. I forget the actual reason he needed help, but people ended up donating some money to him, and all was good.
A few days later, P-Dub's mother decides to email everyone who helped P-Dub. Guess what she did (or forgot to do).
The fallout resulted in people begging to be let off the reply-all list, and for weeks no such mercy was granted.
It took a few months before everything settled down, and to this very day, someone on the list (of only ~100 people or so) will occasionally start it up again.
Haha good times. The donation was actually for P-Dub's mom. It was P-Dub who set up the email for his mom and failed to put the email list in bcc. I had to set up a gmail filter to get out of that madness.
Funny I have always remembered P-Dub as the guy whom you tell to do his homework if you ever see him on reddit. I think you're thinking of the soap guy.
P-Dub is the same guy, there was later some fallout re: donation situation. His "fame" through the homework meme and a few other things was what allowed him to be the subject of such "support" from the community.
A few days later, P-Dub's mother decides to email everyone who helped P-Dub. Guess what she did (or forgot to do).
The fallout resulted in people begging to be let off the reply-all list, and for weeks no such mercy was granted.
It took a few months before everything settled down, and to this very day, someone on the list (of only ~100 people or so) will occasionally start it up again.