Welcome to RBCI, or Reddit's bureau of Cryptic Investigation. The origins of this subreddit come from /r/Crackingwayr, the entire mystery brought the community together to help solve the mystery. It was a great experience helping out, however now officials have been contacting so I'll be staying away from that sub.

so, I welcome you to /r/RBCI, a place where you can post mysterious things across reddit, it could be a post of some sort, or a creepy subreddit, we will look into it! Thank you,

-Nev

I received a message from an anonymous user, talking about a mysterious subreddit. It seems that no one can figure out what is going on here.

Be warned, the Sub they link to is NSFW. This is a link to someone's post on r/outoftheloop

As many of you may know, we have been working on quite a few cases involving the "world problem" subreddits (fifthworld, 50thworld, 45thworld ect). I have made a discovery that may help us close the case on several of the "mysterious subreddits." When I was doing research into the /r/45thworldproblems case I discovered something interesting. "The Oak" from /r/45thworldproblems, also known as /u/shanoxilt, is a mod on almost all of the world problem subreddits. The worldproblem subreddits that he mods are as follows (as far as I know) /r/45thworldproblems, /r/34thworldproblems, /r/36thworldproblems, /r/54thworldproblems, /r/50thworldproblems, /r/28thworldproblems, /r/19thworldproblems and /r/1000thworldproblems. He also is a mod on /r/THE_HUMAN_TREE, /r/ithkuil, and /r/creepy. Also, he posted in a comment that he was a mod on /r/inglip, however I could not find him in the list of mods on that subreddit, suggesting that he has a second account. He also subscribes to /r/enlightenedbirdmen.

It is also worth noting that he frequently posts on some of the "obscure language" subreddits like /r/lojban and /r/learndothraki. however when he replied to a comment asking if he was a linguist he replied that he did not get along with the mods of /r/linguistics.

Something else interesting about him is that on an askreddit thread a few days ago called "what is the most obscure subreddit you've stumbled upon, should I check it out or avoid it at all costs." He made at least ten comments in that thread which can be found here, http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/19kwrq/whats_the_most_obscure_subreddit_youve_stumbled/. In that thread he posted a comment that listed almost all of the world problem subreddits, all of the obscure language subreddits, and a few others.

Recently he had been posting links to many of the world problem subreddits out of context in random threads. It is almost as if he is trying to recruit members for these threads. Another thing about the world problem subreddits is that each one seems to have a different theme. /r/50thworldproblems seems to have a theme of death, /r/1000thworldproblems seems to be about wasps, /r/19thworldproblems stings my eyes to much for me to actually read anything on it, /r/54thworldproblems has some kind of urban industrial theme, and /r/45thworldproblems seems to have a nature theme.

Now that we have concluded that /u/shanoxilt is connected to many of the subreddits we have been investigating we should do some more research on him to see if he is actually saying anything on those subreddits or if they are all just games. We should also figure out if he in fact has an alternate account, which unfortunately I think the only way to do that would be to investigate every single mod on /r/inglip and see if they are connected to any of the other subreddits that he mods on. Remember guys if we solve this case then we'll knock at least 8 subreddits off our list of list of unsolved cases.

One last thing, if you're going to investigate him, try not to lead him back to this subreddit. I have reason to believe that he was behind the spamming that the 1000thworldproblems thread received, so the less he knows about our investigation the better.

EDIT: New information will be posted here.

/u/shanoxilt is also a mod on /r/DLGOKN.

Just realized that /r/19thworldproblems is probably supposed to be read with 3D glasses on, the old blue and red kind, If anyone still has a pair of those try reading the sub with them on and see if there is anything interesting there.

/u/shanoxilt also a mod on /r/Izx7

He also posted on the askreddit thread that the mod of /r/fifthworldproblems was "an asshole who hands out arbitrary bans.""

/u.shanoxilt is also a mod on /r/vulcan, oddly enough.

Hmm...the oak is a mod on /r/disapprovalmon. A subreddit consisting of...pokemon...giving looks of disapproval.

Shanoxilt recently posted this in reference to the world problem subreddits, specifically 45th. "It is an esoteric conspiracy in subreddit form. Connect the clues. Everything is a clue: the side bar, the hover text, the posts, and the comments. Join us in our paradise.

For those in team 1 and 2 I suggest you create your own post for each subreddit considering our information will get mixed up, thanks!

/r/1000thworldproblems

This topic will be strictly about 1000th world problems, if we realize this is connecting with any other of the world problems subreddits we will notify you in the main post.

EDIT: SOLVED! This subreddit is not Real, but it probably still has a meaning. I have messaged the Mods and asked to be a mod on a separate account and they acted normal. If you would like to continue investigating however go ahead!

It's pretty common knowledge that the sub /r/pyongyang is a joke, but the links go to real press releases and the amount of time spent moderating it is ridiculous. Do you think you could dig anything up?

So this was originally posted to /r/wtf. Some people determined that the strange symbols are a cryptogram that may translate to Latin. I'm not certain what the countdown is all about, but apparently in 17 days, something is going to happen in Chicago. I'm not certain if this is an ARG or some kind of crazy warning, but it's a bit unnerving. Anyone have anything to offer on this?

I have concluded that /u/Xanderbrindle was the one who started /r/whyareyourunning. There were previous instances of him writing stories in /r/nosleep, at least one of which included rape. After explicitly pleading with people to not go to the lake alone or at night, he posted that he was doing just that. Later he posted a new story on nosleep describing how he supposedly went to the lake and came face to face with "not Andrew", then proceeded to drop his camera and run. When confronted about it, he said that he had gotten his camera back and would post pics he took soon. After that, the story he posted on nosleep about it was gone and he completely disappeared from the scene. He's had recent activity on his account for a while now, proving that he's fine. He got caught and bailed on his own hoax. As for this new account, he is either trying to continue where he left off, or someone wanted to continue it for him. Either way, significant evidence has shown this case for what it is.

• We can all still have fun decoding messages and such, but I think I'm ready to officially call this case closed.

Fbuser24 recommended I make this its own post.

So there's this guy : http://www.reddit.com/user/falsehappybadger

I came across one of his subs via the random button. I think he's a parody of /u/HappyBadger , a mod on fifthworldproblems.

falsehappybadger created numerous subreddits.

http://www.reddit.com/r/fithworldWTF/ seems to post boring photos with weird captions, like what would pass for WTF for the fifth world. The captions seem to be outofcontext quotes?

http://www.reddit.com/r/fithworldgaming/ is a video game subreddit. Mostly bizarre, forgotten old games and their glitches.

http://www.reddit.com/r/true5thworldproblems/ - I have no idea what's going on here.

The sidebars are especially interesting reads.

It seems like falsehappybadger ran numerous subreddits, with customized stylesheets, full sidebars, but never promoted them anywhere or did anything with them. Then just disappeared.

Why is it fith world and not fifth world? Why post so much content and never show anyone? Was this ran by the actual happybadger?

The discussion for Team #1, cracking /r/45thworldproblems Just focus on the mods comments/posts and only if they reveal something. A lot of it is gibberish made by random people posting.

I've recently stumbled on this sub called r/TalkativePeople and I don't know what to make of it. The sub has over a hundred members, but they must all just be curious onlookers like myself, because nearly every post is made by the same person. Almost none of them have any votes or comments. Each post is just a random comment taken from r/AskReddit threads. Each post follows the same format: they're titled "[Username] on [original post title]" and the body is just that user's comment, with all formatting and links included. They end the post by tagging the user and then that's it. The description of the sub just says "People talking."

The person making all these posts is babyyourarichman111. Their account is only 6 days old, which would make me think it was created solely for this subreddit, but they have posted in a couple of news subreddits as well. They haven't commented on anything.

Weirdly, the sub has a different moderator: milkprogrammer. This seems a lot more like a real person. Their account is a little over a year old and they have a bunch of posts and comments. One thing I have noticed is that they post in the sub r/Philippines with the user flair "r/TalktativePeople." I also found one post from TalkativePeople from a week ago that was actually posted by milkprogrammer rather than babyyourarichman111, and it has a comment on it. Someone asks "what is this" to which milkprogrammer respons "People talking." https://www.reddit.com/r/TalkativePeople/comments/c63yjq/uturfbery_on_what_was_your_craziest_dream_you/ Maybe babyyourarichman111 is an alt of milkprogrammer?

The comments chosen don't seem to be anything significant. At one point they even posted an automod comment about removing a post for not following the rules. This is super weird. Any thoughts?

So, when I was modding /r/crackingwayr someone messaged me. In this message they say that they were wondering if I would mod for their 3 pages. Now, they also told me that they wanted someone, that would be excited about it, and I have to post regularly. They had seen me around on my subreddit, and decided that they liked me. Now, before I post the subreddits they wanted me to mod for, I declined, seeing as I didnt understand what they were. This would limit my posting by a lot. So, lets get to our first case: /r/45thworldproblems /r/50thworldproblems /r/1000thworldproblems

Anyone who sees this should start putting the name out, this sub is really good when active.

edit: I'm talking about Wayr, im talking about /r/whyarentyourunning it seems Estmor is kinda done.

It pains me to see this sub so inactive, so I have a plan! I want some of you to message me. I don't want to fully explain what I am doing, but I would like to try and get a game of sorts started up. Also, for the solvers: there may not be something for you at the end. Same goes for those who help. Again, message me if you are interested, and I will explain more. Keep on keeping on.

Note: it would be best if you are able to get on at least once a day.

There are 21 messages all received within 9:40-9:41 PM they have no subject, sender, and have a strange code in them that is extremely long. They come up like this

I'm usually pretty good when it comes to codes (fbuser24 you know what I mean) but this makes no sense to me. However, it might be something that one of you can understand

I will put a sample of the message contents from the most recent e-mail in the comments, keep in mind that it is only 1/4 of the message, out of 21 messages

Edit: ok I compiled the code and they actually came out as random junk mail messages, nothing special, but thanks for the help in clearing that up!

The keen-eyed of you will notice I am one of the moderators of /r/45thworldproblems. In that world, I go by the name The Unsure. But this one is a mystery to even me. I'm not sure if any of the other moderators have a better idea of what's going on than me; some things remain a mystery to us all. Of course, this fact makes it sort of hard for me to write a proper post here. I'm limited in what I can say.

Twelve hours ago, /u/silver_koi was created. However, this is not a new reddit user by any means. He already seems to have a fairly extensive knowledge of the goings-on in the 45th world, referencing many previous posts and even posting on some of the subreddit's earliest submissions. The account is even named after the Koi Pond, a recurring location. I guess he's playing the part of one of the Koi.

I'm going to be watching this user. I want to see if there's a story unfolding here. Chances are it's one of the other moderators behind this, but I can't really place it on anyone in particular as the writing style seems to be a mix of many frequent posters' styles.

There arent many posts in here. But, from what I can gather it is just saying. Death may not be a bad thing, it is inevitable, and living is just something we do before we die. But, living is not a different state from being dead, they are interrelated.

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