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* [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3396040&pagenumber=1&perpage=40#post389097974 Goons raise $70,000+ and donate gallons of blood for Japan over the course of a week to 'permaban an asshole'.]
** Done again in December, as [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3453251&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 Goons raise $65K+ for the sake of a backwater Haitian village.]
* The [https://web.archive.org/web/20130214033700/http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/ "P-P-P-Powerbook!" prank]. Someone wants to sell their Powerbook, no longer having a need for it. The first person to respond turned out to be a [[419 Scam]]. Instead of blowing him off, the seller, with a little inspiration from other Goons, string the scammer along. The end result has to be seen to be believed.
* Their absolute thrashing of [[Reddit]], for even ''allowing'' child porn to be posted there(the ''site's founder'' knows about it, but refuses to do anything about it, something that can't even be said for 4chan.). They even reported it to the FBI. [[This Is Wrong on So Many Levels|Their reactions,]] [[Tear Jerker|on the other hand...]]
** On 2/12/2012 a thread was made in GBS calling attention to the fact that though /r/jailbait had been closed, child porn was still prevelant on the site. Within hours, thanks to sending off a large list of offending subreddits and information to various news sites, facebook... anyone who would listen really, they were successful in getting the admins to finally put a stop to the child porn and close down (and ban) any subreddits dedicated to posting pictures of underage girls.
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