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/r/dankmemes Upvote Arrow Color Debate

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In 2015 we had: In 2018 we had: Which do you ? YANNY LAUREL Now we have:
When you return to Reddit to see people arguing about what color the upvote button is 77? THRU LENS
Red has a hue of O and orange has a hue of 30, the upvote has a hue of 16. It's orange. 100 Red 100 16 Upvote 100 30 100 100 Orange anged the outCome b- measuring t
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About • Origin • Spread • Various Examples • Search Interest • External References • Recent Images

About

/r/dankmemes Upvote Arrow Color Debate refers to a series of posts in Reddit's /r/dankmemes subreddit in early March of 2019 in which users debated if the upvote arrow on the site was red or orange.

Origin

On March 1st, 2019, Redditor AverageMondayCrusade[1] posted an Are You Delusional meme in /r/dankmemes about people who claim the upvote arrow is red, gaining over 20,000 points (shown below).


When someone calls the arrows red instead of orange l. Are you delusional? Do you suffer from a mental illness?

Spread

On March 4th, Redditor FishFireTritonBoyYT posted a numerical proof that the button was slightly more orange than red, gaining over 60,000 points (shown below, left). This helped ignite a series of very popular posts on the subreddit pertaining to a supposed debate about the color of the upvote button. murlockerLOL posted a similar version of the Dr. Phil meme, gaining over 12,000 points (shown below, right).

Red has a hue of 0 and orange has a hue of 30, the upvote has a hue of 16. It's orange. 100 Red 100 16 Upvote 100 H30 100 Orange 100
The upvote arrow is red" T. Are you delusional? Do you suffer from a mental illness?

The meme saw some spread outside of /r/dankmemes. For example, a post in /r/memes using a Wojak about the debate gained over 11,000 points (shown below, left). Another post in that subreddit pointed out that both the site's logo and the arrow used the same hue of orange (shown below, right).

It's orange Reddit: It's red C. Me: Its actually red-orange

Various Examples

r/dankmemes: *argues over the color of the upvote (which isn't red)* Colorblind nibbas: *laughs in green*
Everyone: Arguing about whether upvote is red or orange Australia:
Red has a hue of O and orange has a hue of 30, the upvote has a hue of 16. It's orange. 100 Red 100 16 Upvote 100 30 100 100 Orange anged the outCome b- measuring t
When you return to Reddit to see people arguing about what color the upvote button is 77? THRU LENS
The normal reddit arrow is more orange
In 2015 we had: In 2018 we had: Which do you ? YANNY LAUREL Now we have:

Search Interest

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External References

[1] Reddit – Orange arrows

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About

/r/dankmemes Upvote Arrow Color Debate refers to a series of posts in Reddit's /r/dankmemes subreddit in early March of 2019 in which users debated if the upvote arrow on the site was red or orange.

Origin

On March 1st, 2019, Redditor AverageMondayCrusade[1] posted an Are You Delusional meme in /r/dankmemes about people who claim the upvote arrow is red, gaining over 20,000 points (shown below).


When someone calls the arrows red instead of orange l. Are you delusional? Do you suffer from a mental illness?

Spread

On March 4th, Redditor FishFireTritonBoyYT posted a numerical proof that the button was slightly more orange than red, gaining over 60,000 points (shown below, left). This helped ignite a series of very popular posts on the subreddit pertaining to a supposed debate about the color of the upvote button. murlockerLOL posted a similar version of the Dr. Phil meme, gaining over 12,000 points (shown below, right).


Red has a hue of 0 and orange has a hue of 30, the upvote has a hue of 16. It's orange. 100 Red 100 16 Upvote 100 H30 100 Orange 100 The upvote arrow is red" T. Are you delusional? Do you suffer from a mental illness?

The meme saw some spread outside of /r/dankmemes. For example, a post in /r/memes using a Wojak about the debate gained over 11,000 points (shown below, left). Another post in that subreddit pointed out that both the site's logo and the arrow used the same hue of orange (shown below, right).


It's orange Reddit: It's red C. Me: Its actually red-orange

Various Examples


r/dankmemes: *argues over the color of the upvote (which isn't red)* Colorblind nibbas: *laughs in green* Everyone: Arguing about whether upvote is red or orange Australia: Red has a hue of O and orange has a hue of 30, the upvote has a hue of 16. It's orange. 100 Red 100 16 Upvote 100 30 100 100 Orange anged the outCome b- measuring t When you return to Reddit to see people arguing about what color the upvote button is 77? THRU LENS The normal reddit arrow is more orange In 2015 we had: In 2018 we had: Which do you ? YANNY LAUREL Now we have:

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External References

[1] Reddit – Orange arrows

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