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Hey guys, I'm planning to make an article about Reaction Faces in general as I believe that the practice itself is a meme instead of just individual reaction faces like Massimo d'Alema's dismayed expression and Xzibit's gleeful smile.

You see, my reason for believing that this deserves documentation is because it is a commonality found only on the internet, mostly on image-sharing sites such as 4chan where I believe the practice originated.

The derivatives of this meme, of course, come in the form of the faces themselves. By personal experience, I'm sure most, if not, all of you will agree that there are enough examples of these available on the web (see: The reaction face thread for a few examples) so popularity is completely evident enough.

What do you guys think? Should I make the article or is it unneeded as Reaction Faces aren't really article-worthy because they aren't memes (if not, please explain why)?

Article has been made.

HERE

A lot of work still has to be done. It would be appreciative if you can help me. Thank you.

The only issue I see is that reaction faces are not a part of 4chan, but more universal.

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Yeah I know, not proven yet, but still, just because I post a reaction face, does not make it any way related to 4chan.