Basically the top mod of r/antimeme got catfished by another mod. They got ghosted for 2 days and basically had a crash out on the internet.
Then the catfisher contacted the mod posing as the catfishers brother and said that the catfisher "is no more". This further tormented the reddit mod who then posted about it on reddit and put the picture of Lois Lane on a tombstone because they don't know what their "GF" looks like and neither did they have their contact details outside of Reddit DMs and Discord.
Then they leaked their chat with the "brother" and became the butt of a joke. This is outright the funniest part of this whole thing.
Then several people exposed that the "dead" mod was well and alive on XBox and Minecraft.
Then the subreddit(r/antimeme2) that exposed it got banned by reddit because why not.
Holy shit man this feels like going back to 2013. By far the funniest thing on Reddit.
This absurdity has been an absolute joy to me in a time of anxiety and I'm almost thankful for it.
I'm still not clear which it is: Are these both (and a couple more mods) the same person or did Riobox really get catfish'd? The latter explains the situation better, but I don't think it's certain. The farce of a chat really screams one person wrote it, beyond unbelievable either person would write one side of that mess. Yet, the antimeme2 people were talking about the late mod being an Indian/Burmese boy and head mod being Brazilian. Their interactions from a few months back also show the head mod being "seduced."
It's hilarious and pathetic all around. I occasionally saw their posts on the previous weeks and took their wife/husband routine literally, a couple with cushy jobs spending their time making memes and moderating subreddits together seemed possible. Thank heavens that's not the case, this is much more enjoyable.