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

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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+?

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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+?

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fark is like 50%

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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+?

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IM IN UR WEBCITE STEELING UR IDEAZ

[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.

[kipin]

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I have several gimmick accounts on other forums, but none here. I think that 2p2 has some of the best gimmick accounts (sup bro, Idi, istewart, etc), but this phenomenon is internet-wide.

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[FlyWf]

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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.

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For one thing, you're neglecting the best BTF gimmick in Admiral Akbar. For another, I don't think those qualify as true gimmick accounts b/c anyone could use them.

One forum I frequent had an absolutely stunning gimmick account who called him/herself The Narrator and who would post legitimately insightful running commentary. That's the single best idea for a gimmick I've ever seen, though he/she was too infrequent of a poster to be real competition to the great gimmicks of 2+2.

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The Straight Dope had the Grapist, who did nothing but quote other people's posts and turn them <font color="purple">purple</font>, saying <font color="purple"> This post has been graped by the grapist! </font>

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I find this idea surprisingly awesome.

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The Straight Dope had the Grapist, who did nothing but quote other people's posts and turn them <font color="purple">purple</font>, saying <font color="purple"> This post has been graped by the grapist! </font>

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I find this idea surprisingly awesome.

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That would drive me crazy.