When did this YouTube comment meme begin?
June 16, 2011 2:41 PM Subscribe
When did the "X people don't X about X?" commenting trend begin on YouTube? That is, when the first X refers to the number of people who have disliked a given video? What's the origin of this trend?
The dislike feature was introduced in January 21, 2010. By October 2010, the meme was widespread. So it must have happened sometime last year.
Note: it doesn't always end with "don't X about X." You just say the number of dislikers and then say something about them.
posted by John Cohen at 3:47 PM on June 16, 2011
Note: it doesn't always end with "don't X about X." You just say the number of dislikers and then say something about them.
posted by John Cohen at 3:47 PM on June 16, 2011
I think this goes back further than that. Maddox has done this since the early 2000s. At the bottom of every article was a pageview counter disguised in this manner. It would say something like "X number of people agree with me that vegetarians suck." Or some equally volatile statement that referenced the article it was counting views on.
posted by InsanePenguin at 4:19 PM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by InsanePenguin at 4:19 PM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
Rather, Maddox has done something like this.
posted by InsanePenguin at 4:20 PM on June 16, 2011
posted by InsanePenguin at 4:20 PM on June 16, 2011
Yep, came in to say Maddox.
posted by Doofus Magoo at 4:48 PM on June 16, 2011
posted by Doofus Magoo at 4:48 PM on June 16, 2011
It's a simple enough concept that I always assumed it had multiple origins.
posted by acidic at 8:48 PM on June 16, 2011
posted by acidic at 8:48 PM on June 16, 2011
Maddox isn't doing the same joke. That's about page views, not dislikes.
posted by John Cohen at 8:57 PM on June 16, 2011
posted by John Cohen at 8:57 PM on June 16, 2011
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posted by ixohoxi at 2:59 PM on June 16, 2011 [1 favorite]