Do other forums have "Gimmick Accounts" and can you explain them?

[samjjones]

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Explain to me what a gimmick account is


BAANNGGG!!

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You can meditate on this for the next 30 days. Holla if you hear me.

[DonkeyKongSr]

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Explain to me what a gimmick account is


BAANNGGG!!

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You can meditate on this for the next 30 days. Holla if you hear me.

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Funnier than all 12 DDP posts. I'm liking you as a mod already.

[Fishmonger]

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Explain to me what a gimmick account is


BAANNGGG!!

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You can meditate on this for the next 30 days. Holla if you hear me.

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Funnier than all 12 DDP posts. I'm liking you as a mod already.

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[iron81]

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Explain to me what a gimmick account is


BAANNGGG!!

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You can meditate on this for the next 30 days. Holla if you hear me.

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He can't holla. You banned him. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Dids]

2p2 is for the most part pretty new as a forum, and really prior to 2004 was pretty insular. There's a ton of folks on here who really only post on here.

Almost any internet meme that pops up here has been done before, but a bunch of folks just haven't seen it yet.

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Almost any internet meme that pops up here has been done before, but a bunch of folks just haven't seen it yet.

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What percentage of forum memes would you guess start on something awful? 50+?

[ship it]

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Explain to me what a gimmick account is


BAANNGGG!!

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You can meditate on this for the next 30 days. Holla if you hear me.

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He can't holla. You banned him. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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I'll holla for him.

holla

[mrkilla]

I can't say i frequent a lot of other boards except some for my classic car which is mostly 50 year old guys who can barely type.

In any case I'd expect more "hip" boards to have gimmicks though I doubt they eveolved to the point of moderation [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Jack of Arcades]

on baseball primer/baseball think factory they had a lot of gimmicks, but originally the board didn't require registration, so anyone could post as anyone. There were many long running jokes that many people abused - ie, Mike Piazza "posting" gay jokes. After registration, there was a Larry Bowa gimmick account for a while, and an Al Keefe gimmick account (from the Ring Lardner novels). Both would be in the top 10 gimmick accounts here.

[KSPD]

Gimmick accounts are more commonly known as "trolls" and appear in much greater number on your typical general interest message board. madville, leenks, uselessjunk, etc.