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When I was 15 and suicidal, I found a commentor on Reddit eloquently (at least I thought so at the time) lamenting over their tedious, monotonous daily life. When I clicked on the users profile I found they had created a subreddit, r/herelies, in which the sole post was a suicide note titled “Hello, Goodbye.” Red Ataraxia never posted again. I thought it would be nice to preserve his memory, and so I succesfully requested ownership of the subreddit and locked it to prevent spambots. Every year or so, I would post a memorium to Red, and the few passers by who stumbled upon his digital grave would leave comments paying their respects. 2 years ago, Reddit banned the subreddit, effectively permanently deleting all of its content, for being “unmoderated.” Just a story I thought you guys might like.