When Gawker published our exposé of creepy racist Reddit moderator Violentacrez in October 2012, we were accused of trying to destroy the internet's most treasured source of atheist memes. But it turns out Reddit's revenues were higher than ever in the quarter in which Violentacrez was unmasked, according to a chart published by Reddit on its official blog yesterday.

If we're reading the chart correctly, the firm's revenue in October, November, and December of 2012 was roughly double what it took in the previous quarter, which included Obama's much-hyped August, 2012 "Ask Me Anything" interview. No need to thank us.

Here's Reddit's original chart:

(Obviously there are any number of potential reasons, having nothing to do with us, that Reddit's revenue apparently doubled over the time period outlined above. But none of them are the actual reason, which is our ViolentAcrez story.)

[Chart via Reddit; bar graph by Jim Cooke]