Trolls. Hatred. Harassment. Doxxing. Call-out culture. Whole forums and websites dedicated to hating other people.
Sometimes, the Internet can feel like a very scary place.
And then you get a story like this one, that just kind of makes everything seem wonderful again.
It started with someone apparently attempting to publically humiliate a man by posting this on an online image-based message board:
Image: Imgur
It’s hard to imagine what sort of person would go out and proudly boast about being such assholes to a guy that they stopped him from just having fun, but, you know, whatever.
It worked out well for the dancing man though, because this writer from the Free Thought Project saw the post and decided that she (and the coolest ladies in LA) had to find and dance with this awesome man. So she appealed to Twitter.
Anyone know this man or who posted this? There's a huge group of ladies in LA who would like to do something special pic.twitter.com/DGbu3AXOrB
— Cassandra (@CassandraRules) March 5, 2015
We would like to fly him to LA for a VIP dance party with the coolest and most awesome ladies in la, please help. https://t.co/f1GtMd3Exv
— Cassandra (@CassandraRules) March 5, 2015
The hunt was on.
If anyone knows this man please please let me or @CassandraRules know! We're planning something very special! pic.twitter.com/9fRKO7H086
— (@aiiNaa) March 5, 2015
Does anyone know who this man is? My friends and I want to throw him a party pic.twitter.com/BrmjW85bAu
— sydney ladd (@syddabid) March 6, 2015
Who knows this guy?? We want to throw him a huge dance party with tons of beautiful babes. pic.twitter.com/FJiCR8wTWo
— CaseyHoran (@1WithTheSun) March 6, 2015
Man Cave Daily published an article about it.
The hashtag #FindDancingMan was born.
Throwing my hat into the ring to #FindDancingMan if you know this man, pls contact @CassandraRules pic.twitter.com/6SNupoBADp
— Murtz Jaffer (@murtzjaffer) March 6, 2015
And then, suddenly, he was found.
@MaxTaucer @CassandraRules is this him? #FindDancingMan possibly spotted in London? pic.twitter.com/ol6NTz9wnM
— Robert A. Pabich (@RobertAPabich) March 6, 2015
And the invitation forwarded to him:
@CassandraRules @MaxTaucer #finddancingman Cassandra just seen invite and would love to join you in LA for a dance off!!
— Dancing Man (@Dancingmanfound) March 6, 2015
We did it! We have found Dancing Man!!!! #FindDancingMan #dancefree HE ACCEPTED!!! Time to plan a party!!!!!!
— Cassandra (@CassandraRules) March 6, 2015
Oh my god guys…
Um DANCING MAN FOUND #FindDancingMan via @CassandraRules pic.twitter.com/jgcS1BkOiM
— Felicity Morse (@FelicityMorse) March 6, 2015
Twitter actually managed to find someone who wasn’t even on Twitter:
@CassandraRules @MaxTaucer Be even more impressed as had to register as well. Not a tweeter normally !
— Dancing Man (@Dancingmanfound) March 6, 2015
To invite him to what sounds like the best party ever.
@CassandraRules @MaxTaucer Dancing Man in training pic.twitter.com/4jAy1TuswO
— Dancing Man (@Dancingmanfound) March 6, 2015
I’m crying.
The Internet. It’s the best thing sometimes.
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