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Know Your Meme <3s Cheezburgers

Last posted Mar 31, 2011 at 04:07PM EDT. Added Mar 28, 2011 at 04:37PM EDT
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Chris Menning wrote:

I'll admit, I was very nervous about the idea of selling at first. But after I heard that Brad, Don, Olivia, and James would continue on with the site, all my worries were put to rest. I think that KYM being part of the Cheezburger network will be great for all.

I could not possibly agree more. The new memeteam rocks, and the site is in good hands :)

Tim Nelson wrote:

Wow, you guys merged with ICHC for a deal in the seven figures? Great. This now means that even scientists can be sell outs.

You're the coolest newfag I've ever met. Oh wait, you're not a newfag.

Katie C. wrote:

You've been here for 11 months. I've been here for 2 years.

I refer you to KYM's post on the subject of the various Fag suffixes.

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Only Newfags Say Newfag
As shown in 4chan screenshots, it is evident that those who are the most likely to call others newfags are typically newfags themselves. This idea is further supported by the following Urban Dictionary entry:
A term used by newfags.
Only newfags say “newfag”.
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I didn't know about Cheezburger until a few days ago. I actually went on their site and thought "Wow, this is like Know Your Meme. Meh." And I never went back.
I am slightly skeptical. I don't like the idea of sucking up to our new leaders. Their members probably hated us until this happened. I don't want this site to become commercialized either.

Please tell me that submissions to KYM will never end up with a icanhascheezeburger or a MemeBase or any other logo tag stuck on the bottom. I hate when they do that. I've found things I created with their tag on it. I don't care if anyone knows I made something or if anyone else takes it an builds off it and makes their own, I just hate seeing something I made with the MemeBase logo or 9GAG logo stuck to the bottom. Memes belong to no one and to everyone. When the websites I mentioned tag them, it is like they are suddenly the owners of graphics that someone else made. I really pisses me off and icanhascheezeburger and their group are the worst offenders.

Cybergata wrote:

Please tell me that submissions to KYM will never end up with a icanhascheezeburger or a MemeBase or any other logo tag stuck on the bottom. I hate when they do that. I've found things I created with their tag on it. I don't care if anyone knows I made something or if anyone else takes it an builds off it and makes their own, I just hate seeing something I made with the MemeBase logo or 9GAG logo stuck to the bottom. Memes belong to no one and to everyone. When the websites I mentioned tag them, it is like they are suddenly the owners of graphics that someone else made. I really pisses me off and icanhascheezeburger and their group are the worst offenders.

I hate that, I agree.

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Cybergata wrote:

Please tell me that submissions to KYM will never end up with a icanhascheezeburger or a MemeBase or any other logo tag stuck on the bottom. I hate when they do that. I've found things I created with their tag on it. I don't care if anyone knows I made something or if anyone else takes it an builds off it and makes their own, I just hate seeing something I made with the MemeBase logo or 9GAG logo stuck to the bottom. Memes belong to no one and to everyone. When the websites I mentioned tag them, it is like they are suddenly the owners of graphics that someone else made. I really pisses me off and icanhascheezeburger and their group are the worst offenders.

Memes are public property, socialist style.
And they're treating this like capitalism.

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I have to say that the KYM/Cheezburger merger can have good potential. Cheezburger fans can learn a lot from the KYM research and KYM can have huge lulz from the Cheezburger meme-related collections.

Wait… KYM is moveing to Seattle? Will they still be giveing internships?

Because now you are close to where I live now, and Im not passing up the internship deal.

Natsuru Springfield wrote:

Wait… KYM is moveing to Seattle? Will they still be giveing internships?

Because now you are close to where I live now, and Im not passing up the internship deal.

Personally, I'm not working for Cheezburger, even though I live in Seattle again.

Natsuru Springfield wrote:

Wait… KYM is moveing to Seattle? Will they still be giveing internships?

Because now you are close to where I live now, and Im not passing up the internship deal.

Hey Natsuru, KYM staff is not moving to Seattle. But since KYM is Cheezburger, we may open the internship to be in Seattle and/or NY. Stay tuned!

Ben Huh wrote:

We're looking for a way to do that, and make sure we can do it for the long-term… not just produce a few episodes and quit.

Umm, who will be doing the episodes from now on?

Trick Lobo wrote:

Hope this doesn't mean I get stripped of my moderator title for saying that

lamebook > failbooking

Some things are worth fighting for.

Look at me, I put my job in jeopardy over toilet paper. (I hope the majority of people who read this post missed that thread, and think I'm joking.)

Jostin Asuncion wrote:

I'm still not convinced it's a meme hub.

If it hasn't changed since the get-go, our basic definition of a meme hub is a website where a good number of memes are created. From what I've observed so far, Cheezburger doesn't create memes, it documents pre-exisiting ones, two very different things. Any memes that have appeared on the site were already pretty popular elsewhere. I'm just saying that if we go down this path, it seems like documenting the likes of Encyclopedia Dramatica, BuzzFeed, Uncyclopedia, and many other sites where memes constantly appear in will start sounding like a conventional idea.

But, that's just my humble opinion on the matter. The final decision still rests on the Entry Moderator's/Staff Member's shoulders.

I think this has been a longstanding and far from resolved issue within the database, and sine I don't think anyone responded to my ideas about the nature of memes I posted elsewhere, maybe I should start a new thread instead of bringing it up here, but…

I think the database shoule house more than just memes, and we've only scratched the surface. Things that should probably be documented to some extent:

1. Entities that largely serve to propagate existing memes: ICHC, Autotune the News, memegenerator, etc.
2. Entities that frequently create new memetic content: 4chan, YouTube, Japanese culture, etc.
3. Entities in the media that are not memes in themselves, but are the source of multiple memetic constructs: Pulp Fiction, Spongebob Squarepants, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.

There are probably many other things that I haven't thought of here that may be useful in understanding and documenting memes.

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