So my starting point was the
Video in which Linus says that the Silver Play Button was in lot 881 at the auction. Finding an
article (
A) which linked to the
Canadian auction site (
A), by using Google Search Operators, I was able to find the
page (
A) for the lot itself. However, the problem is that the website doesn't provide any information on the bids itself (even when logged in) so this was a dead end for me.
Next step was to look at the Mind Chop channel, and associated twitter account and I noticed
he liked a tweet by Linus to 'stop the harassment' (
A -thanks Elon for making it harder to Archive, I'm tiny bit

). This sure does get the noggin' joggin', I mean for a guy who gets killed by dah internetz, he is aware of the tweet by Linus and has liked tweets afterwoods (although that was his last activity on any MindChop brand accounts). I found a post by the gimmick twitter account
@reddit_lies (
A) who claimed to have
personally verifed that the guy didn't commit suicide so another roadblock as it's another episode of source:
trust me bro.
Later I thought to checkout the Linkedin lead from Reddit.
Reddit mod claims Mindchop is alive.
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Commenters say Mindchops linkedin was found and that hes currently employed so who knows.
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A quick google search found a public
profile (
A), where MindChop is linked on the profile (redirecting to the YouTube); although the Mod said that it's not the same guy, I would imagine on a CV/Resume website, people would want links to be correct information; so this is him? I also had a look at the Reddit thread where the mod says that the Linkedin guy is someone else but there's nothing there in the comments or am I missing something so far?