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GDN was initially conceived by the trio of IAmKale, Tempus Thales, and [[Kimsemus]] to grow to be a community that would rival SomethingAwful, which the creators saw as a dying platform. Kimsemus specifically saw it as an opportunity to leverage the network to rekindle the old times of SA, specifically times with less rules and less political correctness. This was a common sentiment held by the creators, and was the common goal in the early days. The bot and networks usefulness led it to be quickly adopted by many burgeoning Goon groups like [[BMW]], Serious Overchill, and [[Unofficial SA Discord]]. | GDN was initially conceived by the trio of IAmKale, Tempus Thales, and [[Kimsemus]] to grow to be a community that would rival SomethingAwful, which the creators saw as a dying platform. Kimsemus specifically saw it as an opportunity to leverage the network to rekindle the old times of SA, specifically times with less rules and less political correctness. This was a common sentiment held by the creators, and was the common goal in the early days. The bot and networks usefulness led it to be quickly adopted by many burgeoning Goon groups like [[BMW]], Serious Overchill, and [[Unofficial SA Discord]]. | ||
The network enjoyed a boom in activity and signups in the wake of Lowtaxes abuse scandal, seeing dozens of Discords added to the network, mostly bomb shelter Discords from various subforums. | |||
= Collaboration with BMW = | = Collaboration with BMW = | ||
In late 2016, GDN began to partner with BMW. Kimsemus, who was also a cofounder of BMW, spearheaded this partnernship, taking advantage of [[Taylor Swift]]s marketing and branding skills and [[Rej]]s programming skills. The partnership proved fruitful and GDN continued to grow. By 2017, Unofficial SA Discord had become the main hub of the network, with Taylor, Rej, and Kim all as admins. | In late 2016, GDN began to partner with BMW. Kimsemus, who was also a cofounder of BMW, spearheaded this partnernship, taking advantage of [[Taylor Swift]]s marketing and branding skills and [[Rej]]s programming skills. The partnership proved fruitful and GDN continued to grow. By 2017, Unofficial SA Discord had become the main hub of the network, with Taylor, Rej, and Kim all as admins. | ||