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I was surprised to then read his Wikipedia and discover how short it was just quickly mentioning boxing Uwe Boll and selling the site. Seems like with how influential somethingawful was there would be nerds to expand it
It used to be longer and included details about PayPal flagging the Hurricane Katrina donations, references in pop culture media pertaining to him, and about the forums requiring a $10 signup fee.
Now it's short enough that it makes you wonder if a Wiki page is even necessary.
People don't want to talk about Lowtax after the domestic violence that was reported. He sold the site after reports from his wife and daughters.