Don't be a repost whiner!

i'm a repost whiner and i'm proud to be one...
i hate it when popular people steal from the unpopular and declar that meme as his.
so ya,bring in the downvotes!

I'm with you dude. :{

did you even see my memes?they suck but at least its not repost.

I love that statement. At least they're f**king original and YOURS.

Kudos to y1c2n3 for having creativity. :{

i just saw some of your memes!theyre so good!creative AND funny!they didn't get much attention though.

kudos to tetuoswarth for being funny,creative and even though you didn't get much attention,you didn't chose the repost side. :D

Thanks, I appreciate that y1c2n3.

I also have drawn the "wrath" of the imgflip mods by calling out their bullshit so, that could always be a factor.

Oh, and how they use multiple accounts to stifle people who do so.

I like your memes too and wonder why they aren't on the FP. Do you use the share feature? I don't, and have wondered if it would even help. :{

lol Too easy. :{

Besides, the point of memes is to spread funny ideas. That's all they are. They're not works of art, or literature, or anything. If you post something online, you give it to the public to post and redistribute.

lol So I must not be whining then.

And please don't try and tell me or other people any "meaning" behind memes or social media.

You look like an ass doing so. :{

right about what?EZ

A) When people repost a meme, they're not claiming it as their own.

B) It's not just popular people who repost from unpopular people. It goes both ways.

But the biggest point is, if you prefer not to repost memes, then that's up to you, but there's really no reason to make a fuss when other people do it. Most people just repost memes because they happen to think those memes are funny, and there's nothing wrong with that.

People's feelings aren't a standard for deciding right and wrong.

I didn't say there was a rule or even that meme-snatching is wrong. I just said it hurts feelings. I just try not to hurt feelings when possible. Many memes are already posted elsewhere so re-posts are inevitable. But if the meme is original or obscure it can hurt the original posters feelings if a more popular user gets recognized for their work. I personally have no dog in this fight cos I'm just happy to be here.

Can you cite a single example where a top ten user has reposted a meme of a less popular user and it has hurt their feelings?

I said it can. Why else would someone complain if a top tenner reposted their meme. I find it flattering if someone would like my work so much they would take it, but not everyone would feel that way. Some may think (erroneously) that a meme belongs to them. I know of you post something in this type of forum it kinda becomes public domain. Someone else may think why is everyone upvoting that meme now, when I posted, it got 5 views. I just think giving credit may alleviate hurt feelings.

You're probably right about that thought process. I see no harm in people giving credit or providing a link to where they got the meme from, if they know it.

Something easy that people can do if people see their meme reposted is put the link to their meme as a comment on it, with an explanation of what happened. That way people can see both memes, if they want.

But please keep in mind that in most cases (at least that I've seen), when people complain about a repost, it's not because it's their own meme. Often they don't provide backup, and just make an accusation based on their impression they've seen something similar before. These could be completely unintentional - just a person making a similar meme as someone else without knowing (so an accusation of reposting is unkind and inappropriate). Other times, the complaint comes because it's a meme that has been reposted frequently and has been seen numerous times. In those cases, it's hard to know which one is the original.

(Sorry for such a long reply. I can't think of an easy way to shorten it and still get across what I'm saying.)

I completely agree with you and have myself commented (in a funny way), hey that's my meme there, glad it's working for you it just laid down dead for me lol. BTW the poster did not acknowledge that mine was there first a few days before. I took it as a learning experience. My meme was so good a popular user was compelled to re-post it. I am an old lady full of spit and vinegar, some of these kids just starting out need to be encouraged to be creative and have their work acknowledged.
But you are right a great many of the re-post whiners just like to cause trouble and troll.

And socrates, these are the type of "repost whiners" I'm talking about.

If it's posted on a public website, it's EVERYONE'S business.

The point of reposts is that:

1) It's not original.
2) You're riding someone else's success/creativity.
3) wasting FP space that could be used on ORIGINAL content
4) Being lazy

And yeah, most don't say that they are reposting something. If they did, a lot of the people complaining about the reposts wouldn't. Or at least not as much. :{

There's no rule that says memes can only be original.

If you like memes that are original, that's a personal preference. No reason others need to heed it.

"Be creative
Use your creative powers to make something awesome! Reposting is not strictly prohibited, but try not to repost something that's already popular on a big website. Moderators will try to disapprove obvious reposts. "

Yeah there is a rule, but since Imgflip LOVES vagary and the mods are lazy, the reposters get away with it so often.

And no one is saying "make a rule" socrates, so why so serious?

As for the meme comment, people would be less likely to vote on reposts knowing that they are reposts.

It's just YOUR personal preference as well that it should be accepted.

Me and others, logically, hate copy-cats. :{

It sounds like you're saying that one reason it's good to have comments on a meme pointing out reposts is so that other people can take that into account when deciding whether to upvote it or not, since if they didn't know it's a repost, they might vote differently than if they did know. Have I got that right?

Socrates, I think I said it clearly enough. But the Socratic Method thing you've got going is great.

So, what I meant/said is that a person would vote differently knowing if it's a repost.

I don't care when someone has in the title "might be a repost" because at least they put it out there first. Anyone who comments repost on that meme is just being a douche.

But people who repost and don't say anything till they're called out are lame and are just trying to get more points.

I don't make my memes for the FP or points, I make them to laugh and hopefully make someone else laugh. The FP/Points are just perks. :{

I have been reposted. I made a meme comment and about a week later, I saw that meme on the front page, posted by someone else. Did I call them a copy-cat and whine about how I should get credit? No, I said "This was my meme, but you are free to use it. I'm not a whiner like some people."

I've been reposted too.

"Did I call them a copy-cat and whine about how I should get credit?"

No, you instead whined about the people who hate reposts and called them whiners. lol

Your hypocrisy is so hilarious kid. Keep going. :{

It's not really whining. I'm not sure where you got that from.

From your meme whining about people who point out reposts. :{

Oh my god. I just looked at your profile and I laughed my ass off. You really think you've never made a repost? Wow. I don't usually use internet acronyms but this one deserves an lmao.

"I just looked at your profile and I laughed my ass off."

Insult much? ROFL!

"You really think you've never made a repost?"

Yeah? Then f**king find one.

"Wow. I don't usually use internet acronyms but this one deserves an lmao."

lol You keep telling yourself whatever you want to kid. But if you actually believe your own bullshit, that's called being crazy. :{

Okay, that's a good point about it just being my personal preference as well (that reposts should be accepted). That's true. I'll think about that.

lol :{

first of all,lets say you were a new user to imgflip.you make a HILARIOUSE meme(that's worth 20,000 views and hundreds of upvotes) but only gets 20 views.
the next morning,you get to imgflip to check the front page and what do you find?YOU'R MEME.you go to see the comments and there's hundreds of meme-comments congratulating the reposter,and the reposter saying thanks as a reply.you try to tell everybody that its yours and that it was a repost.
you get like 8 replys that says that they do not tolerate trolls and that you should get a life.how do you feel?
A)Happy B)Sad C)Confused D)Angry E)RAGE

The scenario you've just described is imaginary. It never happens.

okay,i may have exaggerated a little,but you get the idea.

No, I really don't get it. When someone reposts my memes I want to jump for joy, not rage about it. The whole point of why I make memes is for them to be seen. If someone reposts one of my memes, they're helping that happen. I don't understand why you think reposts should be downvoted. But that's up to you.

the 2 only things that i don't like about reposts is that the repost creator gets easy points (and others work hard for them) and that the credit is stolen

Also, a lot of reposts are memes posted a while ago, and a repost helps bring back the popularity it may have had before. Maybe even the repost whiners will get the original poster noticed (if that's the only good thing they can do).

That's true. If nobody ever reposted memes, good memes would fade out and be unknown.