Let's try the alphabet (1 of 26 in a series)

Upvote. :)

Thanks for the inspiration!

Lol. I never expected that me putting numbers on memes would have such a wide-ranging variety of responses.

Btw - Do you want ideas for how to improve the chances of getting these memes featured? Or are you happy to try different things on your own?

Lay it on me, please...I'll take all the advice that I can get!

Okay, so here's possible tactic #1:

use images that are already on imgflip as templates.

I noticed the "C" one was featured with the option next to it to 'Re-caption this meme.' That means that you either checked the box to make it publically available when you uploaded it, or it was an image you found on imgflip. Whereas this one, the Dee Snider one, and the Eazy E one don't have that option, which means (I think) they were images you uploaded, rather than finding them on the site.

The images that are on imgflip usually feature much quicker, and seem to get less "mod review" than images you upload. And I'm thinking that the more mod review a meme like this has, the more chance a mod might think, "This is just a prank, or spam" and not approve it for featuring.

So that's possible tactic #1. Try to use templates that are already on imgflip.

They're likely to get less mod review (notice my number memes are mostly on popular templates), and therefore much more chance that they'll just get an automatic approval. Does that make sense?

[image deleted]Here's possible tactic #2:

make these in a demotivational frame (there's an option "Make a Demotivational" under the Create menu - not sure if you've done one).

I've put an example in this comment.

This is a little bit of extra work. But the thinking behind it is that it still allows you to have the impact of the meme with the letter in it, but then also add some text to it.

It will be checked by the mods like an original image would be (you can only upload your own image when you're making a demotivational, so I think they all have the same level of mod review as an original image), BUT!

...the benefit is, that the addition of a caption underneath will makes it less likely that it will seem like spam (as long as you can come up with a caption).

I hope these make sense. If I think of other ideas, I'll let you know. I like the idea of your series, and it would be cool if more of them can get featured. :)

Thanks brother. I knew about how it is easier to get them featured if they are pre-existing templates. I think that of A-E, only the E was an image that I had to find outside of IMGFLIP. All of the other ones were in their system.

I did not know about the demotivationals. I might try that, good idea to keep in the old toolbox.

What, if any, effect does the number of tags have? Also, it seems like they used to limit the number of tags, but not so much now?

Thanks again!

Sorry if I was telling you stuff you already know about! I guess I just assumed they were off-site, because of the Re-caption thing.

Thanks for letting me know that, about the tags! I'll have to check that out to see what the limit is now. :)

I'm not sure exactly what the best way to use tags is. I think their main functions are:
a) to make your meme easier to find via Google images (ie, if someone searches for the same words as what you've put in one of your tags, your image should come up if it's a pretty unique tag)
b) to link related memes together within imgflip (but I'm not sure how many people actually use them that way, or click on tags to see related memes)

It's cool. You didn't know that I already knew it. It's great when people share information here. God knows that the mods don't. Someone should write a book on how it all works, LOL!

[image deleted]My best guess as to why the mods don't make it clear exactly how they do things is to make it harder for people to "play" the system just to get points, etc.

A book would be a good idea! :)

So are you going to keep doing the alphabet memes? :)

Yeah, I've got too many other ideas rattling around in my brain, though. Probably later on this week. Feel free to do some, though. I got the idea from you, afterall!

Thanks! I might. But not right away though... I've still got more in my numbers series at the moment.