Social Media Phenomena You Don't "Get"

[indagold]

i'm sure creepy stalkerish porn of popular people have existed forever, even before the internet. It's not really new.

[indagold]

All my friends and people online kinda made me force myself to use emoticons and lol to seem normal and relatible online and now I use too much haha...

I'm a sick meme sheeple

[VermillionWorks]

Aww man, I must be the only person that likes emoji's here...

I actually really like emojis.

Also on the whole "LOL" thing, I prefer typing "hahaha" after something if it actually did make me laugh out loud. I feel like the people typing "LOL" aren't actually laughing or are just doing it to be sarcastic?

I don't mind emojis. {{shrug}}

I also never liked using "LOL" either. XP

[60Six]

I'm aware? But most of them haven't been as interactive with their fan base as these guys are and publicly stated that they don't like such content of themselves being made. And while there were creepy Photoshop boob inflations of Taylor Swift floating around DeviantArt long before Lets Players became popular, they didn't quite have the hoard of fan girls rooting such "artists" on, just a few creeps that everyone else pretty much deemed creepy. Not like these artists that draw porn of Markiplier and have a following of thousands rooting them on for drawing art of something that makes him uncomfortable.

[deceriacomics]

I don't get the whole photographing every meal you fucking eat thing. It's food, just eat it!

Oh man, the food pictures thing really pisses me off. It's bad enough when some idiot has to spam social media with the unremarkable bowl of shlop they're eating for dinner – but what's worse is when people's pictures impede upon the flow of the general public. Like sit your paparazzi ass down and don't block an entire line of people. Your lil frappuccino photoshoot can wait hahaha.

[isaacfriedman]

Dat Boi

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nuf said

[NickRowler]

There are so many...

Modern memes. When I was into memes, the majority of them were advice animals and rage comics. Now EVERYTHING is a meme.

Shipping real people. Not characters, but people (mostly Youtubers) with other people. It's sort of creepy. Some of there people are married. Sometimes straight people are shipped as gay, sometimes gay people are shipped as straight. I once heard someone who shipped a father with his son.

Pregnant Elsa.

Adults throwing tantrums over kid shows. Yes, adults can watch and enjoy kid shows but seriously when people are ranting and making change.org stuff because "shows today are not as good as when I was a kid" or crap like that, I feel like they need to step back and remember the fact that they are 22+ years old, not 7. Kid shows are made for kids, you (an adult) can legally drive, go to bars, watch R rated films, watch porn, and leave the house without your parent's permission. You can get a bank account and get a Netflix.

"Reblog/Like/Share if you support LGBT rights" or "Reblog if you care if I killed myself". THESE THINGS. They are so pandering and mostly made to get cheap likes. Like do people think if they don't like/share/whatever, people will think you don't support LGBT rights? Like "Oh no, I have to do it or people will think I am a bigot." The second also bugs me because it doesn't actually help the OP. People reblog because they are anti-suicide because "Oh no, I have to do it or people will think I am pro-suicide." It is sort of hard for me to believe that a stranger on the internet really "cares" about you when they know next to nothing about you. Even if the person did die, people would continue to reblog the statement and won't even know but still think they are helping.

Internet reviewers who think a "review" means screaming and waving their arms around and yelling "it sucks balls" over and over again. While it can be funny, it is not a proper way to criticizes a piece, and I refuse to see it as a proper review of the work.

[JessJackdaw]

@NickRowler Actually the word meme is much older than it's popular internet use back in 2007. It's a psychological term used to describe an idea that repeats and evolves when distributed in human commerce. The mental meme is cultural adaptation as thoughts are changed slowly as it passes from mind to mind.

I.... read to many psychology manuscripts as a kid. Umm, but it is sad how we just think of the meme as a stupid thing people post as a joke. The definition still works, but the word has been forever tainted.

[bakasama25]

You can "meme" to the list of words that got tainted or twisted, like trope, calarts, otaku, cis, cultural appropriation, social justice, animation, canon, and bunch of other words.

[Michelle]

Adults throwing tantrums over kid shows. Yes, adults can watch and enjoy kid shows but seriously when people are ranting and making change.org stuff because "shows today are not as good as when I was a kid" or crap like that, I feel like they need to step back and remember the fact that they are 22+ years old, not 7.

This is endlessly annoying to me (and why I don't like tumblr because it's FULL of these types :1). I mostly can't stand this new phenomenon of fans making demands that the creators to cater to their wants. I understand listening to your fanbase and considering them, but fans shouldn't be acting like they run the show. It's great that social media can bring fans closer to the creators of their favourite shows, but some people act way too entitled.

[AnnaLandin]

I'll drop back in and say I don't dislike emojis as a thing; I'm just specifically avoiding the Tapastic-ones because the freaks me out something fierce, and they don't seem as though they're correctly sized to fit with the text.

[indagold]

"Reblog if you care if I killed myself" really makes me scared for the poster because they're never going to get the feedback they think they want. I would reply seek a suicide hotline or something because it sounds like they're planning their suicide.

[69Michi]

That sort of post is literally begging for trolls to come and trample all over their little fragile heart. I honestly can't understand why people think it's good to express such sort of personal matter on a social media and then went on a rampage complaining about "cyberbully." To those people I say close your laptop/turn off your computer and go seek PROFESSIONAL help.

[katverwho]

Were you around for mudkips?

[katverwho]

You CAN actually post from computer! You just have to get a third party app for it. I like a bit better sometimes, since it lets me type tags more comfortable (I hate typing on my phone)

[PurpleGround]

I also detest 'Reaction' videos.

I can agree with this. If it is done correctly its fine. Some people put the vid small and their face large makes me cringe when they "heh-heh" and "ha"... BUT, if put the face small and vid large will feel like watching the vid with a friend. Which is better so I don't have to focus the entire attention on his face. I guess I have different preference. >.<

[zelkats]

Two words:

John Cena

[elixiadragmire]

I was, and the team edward vs team jacob (was it? not a twilight fan) and the cat militant takeover too

[indagold]

I guess that's the price you gotta pay for being internet savvy.

[katverwho]

ADOPTABLES!!!! Like, isn't that sort like a commission only less unique?? I don't???