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[uncia]

Can we have the normal banner back, the dumb Bandwagon one is highly annoying for it is just a rally flag to sheep to follow a nonsense fad.

*nods in agreement*

IMHO, having stated that the original meme starter was banhammered for the *wrong* reason (or at the least, not the best reason(s) to choose in order to try to wind that down calmly), following-suit with the latest FA banner does not seem to be entirely smart to me.
Doubly so with everything else going on around here just now, when a lil' bit of confidence-instilling might go a long way...

JM02c, anyhow,
David.

 

[DreamRunnerWolf]

BUT ITS SO FUNNY

 

[PurpleDragon]

I want the old banners back, too. S.a.n.d.w.i.c.h. (with periods cause the forum apparently got mutilated too and changes the word) meme = /b/tard mongolism, no offense to the people who really suffer from Down Syndrome.

*blocks the banner graphic till you change it, so he doesn't have to see the stupidity*

 

[uncia]

Test sandwich

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(Now that is getting stupid, sorry... :?)

 

[yak]

Can we have the normal banner back, the dumb Bandwagon one is highly annoying for it is just a rally flag to sheep to follow a nonsense fad.

Test sandwich

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(Now that is getting stupid, sorry... :?)

Banner is a mind game.
When a meme approaches site-wide proportions, it looses it's fun. And when it looses it's fun, people stop posting it.
Might work, or might not work - we'll see.

 

[furry]

You guys should be able to survive a week with that banner, right?
Personally, I'm glad not to see the original light banner anymore.

 

[uncia]

Banner is a mind game.
When a meme approaches site-wide proportions, it looses it's fun. And when it looses it's fun, people stop posting it.
Might work, or might not work - we'll see.

Per my PM, prior to your post. ^^

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Yep; might've been fair game were it not for the manner that original user was (mis-)handled and the obvious accusations of hypocrisy that's creating with regards to "spamming" being "OK" depending on /who/ you are.
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And, as furry implied, a good excuse on 1st August to swap it over if that doesn't "work" sooner. *shudders at the thought of that being there for the next seven days*

d.

 

[uncia]

@yak: Any ideas for the next level on this meme beyond http://www.furaffinity.net/view/683122/ before we put it in a recursive loop?

 

[Chomperz]

I reallllllllllllly think people are taking this way to seriously, before, during, and after all of that.

sehciwdnas are SERIOUS BUSINESS

 

[rianith]

if I might inquire.. what's with the funny little critter chewing his tie overlapping the banner{s}?

 

[PurpleDragon]

Banner is a mind game.
(...)
Might work, or might not work - we'll see.

"Mind game" implies that there are brains to influence. :lol:

 

[yak]

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Yep; might've been fair game were it not for the manner that original user was (mis-)handled and the obvious accusations of hypocrisy that's creating with regards to "spamming" being "OK" depending on /who/ you are.
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And, as furry implied, a good excuse on 1st August to swap it over if that doesn't "work" sooner. *shudders at the thought of that being there for the next seven days*

d.

Apologies up front if i misunderstand you.

Technically, this cannot be considered spamming, because each individual contributes only once or twice. And it can't be considered an u-acceptable media, because the artwork is original and belongs to the submitting user.
Yes, the were errors made in handing it from the start, but with the public apologies posted i hope it was resolved somehow.

I don't see how it's related to "who you are", as everyone is free to contribute to this running meme.
And no, the banner will stay for a day, as it usually happens with "XXXX appreciation day". I'll switch it back tomorrow.

In the future i'm considering making a special category or a tag do identify memes. Usage of this tag or category will ensure the image is automatically deleted after a week. But those are just wild thoughts.

 

[PurpleDragon]

If there's going to be a meme tag, add a meme filter, too. Not a page of recent submissions rolls by without at least one picture related to the ongoing meme. I like finding new artists per chance, but if memes are tolerated on an even larger scale, with a special tag coming in even, I don't think we'll be seeing much else on the front page. Come to think of it, maybe at least a filter banning meme-related stuff from the front page and "browse" views?

 

[rianith]

forgive my ignorance. But what exactly is a Meme?

 

[Andromalius]

forgive my ignorance. But what exactly is a Meme?

A meme is commonly some kind of quiz done in a journal or a special art trade. And example I saw is that someone will make a journal saying they will draw a picture for someone if they copy this journal and do the same thing. (Draw a picture for those who ask.)

In this case, I'm not sure why this is called a meme. It's technically more of fan art. Fandom for the character and the artist's style they made it in and therefore imitate it. Now I'm not sure, but this might be another kind of meme all in itself.

 

[PurpleDragon]

Person #1 posts something marginally funny, with or without the intent of starting a flood of similar images. Persons #2 through #9000 (or more) see it and decide to post similar stuff, if not the same thing even. You don't have to get creative really, just do what the crowd does. Voilà, you're part of what a certain crowd calls a "meme".

 

[Andromalius]

Person #1 posts something marginally funny, with or without the intent of starting a flood of similar images. Persons #2 through #9000 (or more) see it and decide to post similar stuff, if not the same thing even. You don't have to get creative really, just do what the crowd does. Voilà, you're part of what a certain crowd calls a "meme".

That too I guess. X3 I still can't believe how much fame this one meme has gotten.

 

[uncia]

Apologies up front if i misunderstand you.

No probs, yak.

Technically, this cannot be considered spamming, because each individual contributes only once or twice.

You do know you've just handed out an open invitation to flood, there, should anyone wish to arrange that with a few friends?

So, a floodmeme spread across the entire community is AOK whereas a specific user was banned and mocked on that reason alone for a tiny fraction of the current total? That's also inconsistent with the crackdown on the posetheft meme which occurred previously.

Yes, the were errors made in handing it from the start, but with the public apologies posted i hope it was resolved somehow.

Not really, I don't think, save for that one apology (thankfully) to cbee.

I don't see how it's related to "who you are", as everyone is free to contribute to this running meme.

Might suggest advertising that more widely to the community so they don't just think the lunatics have taken over the asylum, so to speak, for lack of any better information.
e.g. http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/170570/ , http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/170577/ , http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/170579/ at a casual glance through just a dozen journals.
Can safely presume a considerable number of other people might be thinking likewise which doesn't exactly help on top of the other "issues" just now.

And no, the banner will stay for a day, as it usually happens with "XXXX appreciation day". I'll switch it back tomorrow.
In the future i'm considering making a special category or a tag do identify memes.

Thanks for timeframing that this time, yak, even if I thought that was April 1st again given that last sentence. Now it's possible to tell people who might be getting pissed off (if not already) that there is an end in sight to that aspect, at least.

Cheers,
David.

 

[Andromalius]

Hey hey hey, mine's just funning around. It's not to be taken seriously if is. |l'

EDIT:

Might I add, me being as an example makes me rather, umm. Unnerved? Kinda worries like that at me. ._.

 

[Charrio]

Dear GOD, =>.<=

Thank you for making this banner go away, and shame on you for supporting this crap in anyway, i am also hurt the site would allow the community wide mock of someone or their art, looking at the original persons page, they have all but hid their info and blatantly say "Go Away" on it.

As admins one expects some professionalism, your the Community pack leaders guys lead by example, or at least lead.

 

[Chomperz]

Dear GOD, =>.<=

Thank you for making this banner go away, and shame on you for supporting this crap in anyway, i am also hurt the site would allow the community wide mock of someone or their art, looking at the original persons page, they have all but hid their info and blatantly say "Go Away" on it.

As admins one expects some professionalism, your the Community pack leaders guys lead by example, or at least lead.

actually, OP's page was always like that before the thing.

 

[Charrio]

actually, OP's page was always like that before the thing.

OK, something i didn't know, thank you

 

[verix]

I want the old banners back, too. S.a.n.d.w.i.c.h. (with periods cause the forum apparently got mutilated too and changes the word) meme = /b/tard mongolism, no offense to the people who really suffer from Down Syndrome.

*blocks the banner graphic till you change it, so he doesn't have to see the stupidity*

Hey, if you're going to compare people who have a different sense of humor than you (and a completely different, perhaps even more accurate, interpretation of the entire saga) to people with Down's Syndrome, does that mean I get to accuse you of having Asperger's Syndrome for a polar opposite exaggeration of "you have no sense of humor whatsoever"?

The whole reason for the Krystal thing exploding was out of protest of the administration's actions against the originator of the "meme." I started out by drawing a bunch of "I AM THE RENAMON" parodies involving Krystal, Sonderjen started out by making fun of Dave Hyena for being an uptight authoritarian on the issue, and then cbee got banned (which, while he was unbanned just an hour later, the damage had already been done). That's when things blew up, and the artistic revolt started.

I see the banner being changed as a sign of "we give up fighting, you win," and not so much the admins replacing the banner to fit in with the humor of the issue, considering what the entire intent of flooding the site with Krystal pictures was for many people. And, strangely enough, I haven't seen much of the sandwich thing afterward!

So would you Dukes of Comedy stop saying "this isn't funny, this was never funny, I'm more intelligent than the rest of you, get off my Comedy Truck"? It's just as annoying as how you feel about memes.

 

[nobuyuki]

I want the old banners back, too. S.a.n.d.w.i.c.h. (with periods cause the forum apparently got mutilated too and changes the word) meme = /b/tard mongolism, no offense to the people who really suffer from Down Syndrome.

*blocks the banner graphic till you change it, so he doesn't have to see the stupidity*

Hey, if you're going to compare people who have a different sense of humor than you (and a completely different, perhaps even more accurate, interpretation of the entire saga) to people with Down's Syndrome, does that mean I get to accuse you of having Asperger's Syndrome for a polar opposite exaggeration of "you have no sense of humor whatsoever"?

The whole reason for the Krystal thing exploding was out of protest of the administration's actions against the originator of the "meme." I started out by drawing a bunch of "I AM THE RENAMON" parodies involving Krystal, Sonderjen started out by making fun of Dave Hyena for being an uptight authoritarian on the issue, and then cbee got banned (which, while he was unbanned just an hour later, the damage had already been done). That's when things blew up, and the artistic revolt started.

I see the banner being changed as a sign of "we give up fighting, you win," and not so much the admins replacing the banner to fit in with the humor of the issue, considering what the entire intent of flooding the site with Krystal pictures was for many people. And, strangely enough, I haven't seen much of the sandwich thing afterward!

So would you Dukes of Comedy stop saying "this isn't funny, this was never funny, I'm more intelligent than the rest of you, get off my Comedy Truck"? It's just as annoying as how you feel about memes.

Quoted for truth
Please proceed to take the bug out of thine ass, and then take the tiny little stick lodged up the bug's ass, which made the bug angry and bited the inside of your asshole

 

[Chomperz]

in tldr, everyone is fighting over a s.andwich.

doesn't that seem rather silly?