Gold Membership Trolling

added May 07, 2009 at 06:12AM UTC

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False images that claim a Gold or Premium Account is neccessary to view an image are a common type of troll that can be found on image boards, forums, and social networks alike.

The motive of this troll is sometimes a phishing scams in which the party gullible enough to fall for it enters personal information which is then used to exploit the individual for profit.

A less malicious motive for this type of trolling involves posting a Gold Account image simply for the gratification of witnessing gullibility on the part of those who rage in reaction to such an obvious ploy.

Origin

The bogus 4Chan Gold Account troll obviously originated on 4Chan. But it’s not entirely clear if the bogus Facebook Gold Account troll was born from the 4Chan Gold meme or not. The ED entry makes no mention of Facebook Gold accounts, but this thread on Askville.Amazon.com seems to support the theory that Facebook Gold Account trolling is a derivative of 4Chan Gold Account trolling.

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Chris Menning
May 07, 2009 at 03:57PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

This should probably be expanded to include Facebook Gold Membership, Myspace Gold Membership, and all other bogus Gold memberships.

Dave Davidson
May 07, 2009 at 04:53PM UTC , Dave Davidson wrote:

It’s also possible to beat the Running Man in Ocarina of Time.
He gives you Epona’s Golden Saddle.

Swear to god. It’s true.

james
May 15, 2009 at 04:23PM UTC , james wrote:

no shit? wow, guess i better break out the old 64

trifarce
May 16, 2009 at 01:30PM UTC , trifarce wrote:

epic win is to get someone to actually input personal or credit card information, believing they are actually registering such an account. I have seen this a few times on 4chan, though they were probably people just playing along. I’d like to think no one is that retarded.

Tylord14
May 18, 2009 at 04:18AM UTC , Tylord14 wrote:

did you know if you kill ganondorf in thirty seconds instead of light arrows you get a golden desert eagle? its really cool! go get it nao!!!!!11

YesLoitering
Jun 20, 2009 at 03:24PM UTC , YesLoitering wrote:

DAVE!
omfg i’m going to dust of the 64 and catch that fucker TONIGHT

norsehorse89
Aug 17, 2009 at 04:57PM UTC , norsehorse89 wrote:

Sniff… I’m touched…

34GET
Aug 24, 2009 at 03:30AM UTC , 34GET wrote:

this shit isnt funny.

i had when douchbags make these threads

Kleptzilla
Aug 29, 2009 at 11:48AM UTC , Kleptzilla wrote:

I don’t know if this should be put here or in it’s own page, but once on Facepunch, the admin changed Gold membership to $1000. People in the OIFY (a subforum for sick and perverted people) said that it was still $15, and one newbie user believed them. He sent $1000 of his mom’s money to Garry, and soon realised it, spouting classic lines such as, “Oh fuck, oh fuck, we’re gonna be poor!”

Jostin Asuncion
Sep 12, 2009 at 05:32AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

I found a Macrochan link for it: http://macrochan.org/search.php?tags=4chan+Gold

B33D13Z
Sep 28, 2009 at 09:06PM UTC , B33D13Z wrote:

I think it’s hilarious…

Even if people troll as if they’re newfags that they don’t know any better and think they’re actually registering…

DreamingApe
Oct 03, 2009 at 11:40AM UTC , DreamingApe wrote:

A variation of this troll is the “you pay a fee to become a member of goonsquad” by various SA Goonsquads. it’s currently a self perpetuating myth that will flare up every once in a while.

Shii
Oct 06, 2009 at 05:39PM UTC , Shii wrote:

The origin of this is one of Moot’s ill-conceived redesigns for 4chan. This is when the fancy gradients appeared on /b/ and the like. Some /b/tards started mocking him with the Gold Account images, which actually got Moot more pissed than he has ever been before or since— he posted a warning on /b/ not to make jokes about gold or platinum accounts and instructed the mods to ban anyone posting the images, which only made the meme that much funnier. Facebook Gold and others are clearly derivative.

Jamie Dubs
Oct 13, 2009 at 06:47PM UTC , Jamie Dubs wrote:

gg w/ the info Shii, do you know when that redesign happened? Wondering if we can look it up on archive.org

Shii
Oct 20, 2009 at 03:05AM UTC , Shii wrote:

It’s the 02/12/08 post on http://www.4chan.org/news/?all — some later posts confirm the date. Of course moot doesn’t talk about his most hated meme on the news update :/

Shii
Oct 20, 2009 at 03:07AM UTC , Shii wrote:

Oh hey, looks like I was wrong, I’m actually mixing it up with a redesign from 3 months earlier.

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=4chan_Gold_Account&oldid=1997349669

Shii
Oct 20, 2009 at 03:08AM UTC , Shii wrote:

I feel like a huge dope for not being able to edit my comments. Those two links refer to the same event, which occurred in December 2007, and I have low reading comprehension.

Solarmast
Jan 05, 2010 at 01:01AM UTC , Solarmast wrote:

#gold

gardevoirlol
Jan 24, 2010 at 05:10AM UTC , gardevoirlol wrote:

I have a gold account! I must be special!

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