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Why the front page looks so familiar all the time? | EVERYONE SHAMELESSLY REPOSTS MEMES; SO WHY BUT SOME REPOSTERS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS | image tagged in memes,picard wtf,repost | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
560 views 10 upvotes Made by superdenni 8 years ago in fun
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0 ups, 8y
SHARING is not the same as REPOSTING.
RESUBMITTING is not the same as REPOSTING.
REPOSTING is the little brother of plagiarism.

Used all my submissions for today, already. Plan to submit this tomorrow: imgflip.com/i/18yhmi
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THERE'S NO SHAME IN REPOSTING MEMES | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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There ought to be.
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Not for people who understand the purpose of memes, no.
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So I understand it's okey to take any of your memes from your page and post them under my name? Thanks.
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Steve Harvey Meme | THIS STUFF SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO ANYONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE FIRST THING ABOUT WHY PEOPLE MAKE MEMES. IT'S "MEMES 101" | image tagged in memes,steve harvey | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
If you think they're good enough memes to do that, then of course. It's happened to me a couple of times. It's the best feeling on imgflip when people do that.

Why on earth would I object? The point is to get people enjoying memes. I'm not going to be a jerk and say something like "people can only enjoy a joke if I'm the one telling it." It's about the memes, not the person who made it.
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Any time you submit a meme I've made before (or a half-decent variation of it), you'll get an upvote from me if I see it.
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See my comment above, and if you disagree with it, please explain.
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I don't need to explain anything. You just made a series of assertions without any reasoning behind them. If you want to try to get other people on the internet to go along with your personal rules you made up without any reason, good luck with it.

Also, I don't like talking to repost whiners. So I'd prefer if you didn't try to communicate with me on the site from now on until you've figured out what memes are for. Cheers.
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In an attempt to see where you're coming from, I Googled "what is the purpose of memes". I only looked at the first page of results, but I read each article there, and nothing seems to be what you're trying to say here.

I was attempting to clarify my thinking on different terms and activities as I perceive them. SHARING spreads memes, but credits the originator of the meme. RESUBMITTING is sharing a meme you yourself created previously, so crediting is unnecessary.

REPOSTING is generating a meme that had previously been created by someone else, and either purposely taking credit for its creation, or implying it by not crediting its originator. THAT is what I disagree with. Like a comedian stealing another comedian's jokes. It just shouldn't be done.

Sure, it's possible to accidentally repost, to have the same idea that someone else had previously. But an effort ought to be made by the ethical memer to find out if a meme had been done previously. Many of my memes have it in their title that I investigated whether or not they had been done before, and if so, that I was unable to find it and did not intentionally repost.

Bottom line: I wouldn't want someone taking credit for my creative efforts. If that's something that doesn't bother you, that's all well and good.
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Pretty self-explanatory
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