After Laughter (Comes Tears)

I've always felt that YTMND should focus more on the content being produced than the users that produce the content itself. Back in 2004 a lot of the content on the front page included links to a user's profile and at some point in time this stopped. While the site's identity continues to grow, there isn't much of an outlet for users to gain an identity beyond their sites.

With suggestions and help from others I've created a beta version of a new scoring system that will privately rank users based on a number of criteria. This can then be used to give users who create great content more exposure, as well as being used as a method of highlighting content that will most likely be generally well received. Obviously the algorithm will be tweaked over the next few weeks but I hope to make it a useful part of the site. I don't want to turn this into a popularity contest, so for the time being I have no plans of publishing a list of users with associated scores.


Another upcoming change is the Hall-of-Fame, which will see a total re-haul. The Hall-of-Fame has not reflected the true spirit of YTMND and has been used as a repository of sorts. A lot of the items that don't belong will be removed and a lot that do belong will be added.

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June 12th, 2007
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also welcome to pink.
June 12th, 2007
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it was more of a brown from what I remember
June 12th, 2007
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f*g
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pink you say
June 12th, 2007
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boobs
June 12th, 2007
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Flip up lights make your car go faster. I masturbate to the teletubbies. I'm glad that these changes are being made to the site. I feel this will bring back veteran YTMND'ers.
June 12th, 2007
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Uh-oh, me sees Syncan, Fourest, and PCF as pink. I don't think I'm going to like this new system very much.
June 12th, 2007
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it burns the eyes
June 12th, 2007
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"featured users" = "up & coming part 2"
June 12th, 2007
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I LIKE DICKS!
June 12th, 2007
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i already want to turn it off.
June 12th, 2007
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>8-|
June 12th, 2007
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rnax
June 12th, 2007
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So Long Dennal Plan I mean Blue Ball Factory
June 12th, 2007
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my name is green hahahahahaahaahahah OWNED EVERYONE
June 12th, 2007
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AM I PINK?
June 12th, 2007
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no, but you can be my friend for consolation.
June 12th, 2007
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so what's the pink for?
June 12th, 2007
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I have a feeling this system is going to be abused.
June 12th, 2007
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where am i?
June 12th, 2007
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It should've been a black color,it's easy on the eyes. Also NOW are you going to delete HTPAT after YOU added it to the Hall-of-fame? What were you thinking max?
June 12th, 2007
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First f*ggy blue comments and now pink names. Why don't you have sparkles falling from the top of the page and a puppy running across the screen with flowers in his mouth.
June 12th, 2007
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I think he HOF'd it to take it off the front page.
June 12th, 2007
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ghey
June 12th, 2007
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so people who are already front page whores get more recognition? what were you thinking?
June 12th, 2007
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this website still fails.
June 12th, 2007
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RAWK AHWN! Mary Kay, inverted f*gamids and now YTMND! Looks cool with the orange (pause) NAHT! The blue gradient sh*t rules however . ===========================================>
June 12th, 2007
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i was pink for about an hour, then it went away.. someone hates me :(
June 12th, 2007
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win?
June 12th, 2007
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Lol pink.
June 12th, 2007
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just reinforces my disdain for the "in group"
June 12th, 2007
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kewl.
June 13th, 2007
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lol, pink ;D
June 13th, 2007
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We Proles must rebel against our pink overlords!
June 13th, 2007
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do I see a giant enemy crab?
June 13th, 2007
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Kaizen666: you got your wish.
June 13th, 2007
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Why don't you have sparkles falling from the top of the page and a puppy running across the screen with flowers in his mouth - k
June 13th, 2007
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thanks for the suggestions, hope you guys like it
June 13th, 2007
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wait I'm blind I thought that was a crab until I went view image.
June 13th, 2007
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can you switch the music to the music from http://fruntpaige.ytmnd.com/ ???
June 13th, 2007
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I just want to thank you for taking one step closer to turning this site into even more of an unfunny circle jerk. There is no need for highlighting peoples names. All this is going to accomplish is preventing new users coming to your site with fresh material. While the regs and people that devote their lives to this site have fun regurgitating inside jokes and sites made up about other users. Just scratch this whole featured users thing. It would be better in the long run.
June 13th, 2007
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Wait, so you're saying traffic to YTMND will decrease because some usernames colored pink? That's an interesting concept! Oh and .... I'm gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!
June 13th, 2007
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
June 13th, 2007
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pink?
June 13th, 2007
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YOU'RE THE MAN NOW PUPPYDOG
June 13th, 2007
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Yes syncan. Look at this garbage. http://featureduser.ytmnd.com/ Also just look at the comments on that ytmnd. I am just telling you how the site is going to be in the long run. Have fun with it I guess.
June 13th, 2007
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Pink, orange blue. Anything for you Max! Anything!
June 13th, 2007
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why is everything so gay today.
June 13th, 2007
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I need to know the name of the song on the main page!
June 13th, 2007
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What is this "ytmnd" I've been hearing so much about?
June 13th, 2007
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wow, there are actually sparkles and puppies now. awesome.
June 13th, 2007
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Nice work Kaizen...now I have to deal with another song on the front page. If it was a loop of RATM yelling F*CK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME...i would probably keep on the front page.
June 13th, 2007
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oh shi- ;D this new front page is dope <3
June 13th, 2007
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Wow, the front page is now craptastic, it REALLY is!
June 13th, 2007
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I AM ON STRIKE UNTIL LOWCAST AND DYSKRASIA GET TURNED PURPLE!!!
June 13th, 2007
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pink=fail
June 13th, 2007
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOOLLOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOOLLOLOLLLLLLLL!!! You guys are good sports!
June 13th, 2007
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at least you're doing something to the site to make it less dull
June 13th, 2007
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worldwide f*ggot week is in full force
June 13th, 2007
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yay pink
June 13th, 2007
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sh*tty idea max f*ckin queer
June 13th, 2007
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Heh, I'm not pink. But I am green with envy.
June 13th, 2007
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pinko marxists, you've been poisoned by communist propaganda
June 13th, 2007
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what
June 13th, 2007
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Yes!
June 13th, 2007
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OOC: Im not pink. What a f*cking travesty. Cya
June 13th, 2007
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I am pink. I feel sof*cking special. Time to pole vault off a trampuline with a fabrication of the John Holmes 14 incher dong. BLI BLIP
June 13th, 2007
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*Sigh* Gives a whole new meaning to the F*ggy Short Film.
June 13th, 2007
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Chocolate?
June 14th, 2007
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how does one become "pink"?
June 14th, 2007
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Pink is the new blue
June 14th, 2007
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great idea my lord "of course its a good idea"
June 14th, 2007
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I feel girly
June 14th, 2007
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I'm so sleepy
June 14th, 2007
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cool
June 14th, 2007
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Everyone Listen to my gay aeromsith-pink remix and tell me how stupid and gay it is!!!! YEAH!! http://theposstepsintotherealmofpink.ytmnd.com/
June 14th, 2007
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I doubt I got pink. If I did, then wowishmajig.
June 14th, 2007
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(sound of gunshot) There I got him. What? No, I mean my neighbor's dog Max. You'd do the same thing if he pooped on your front lawn every morning.
June 14th, 2007
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Maxoxic needs to take a chill pill.
June 14th, 2007
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^you stole my Vegas number bitch. also, happy birthday to the YTMND Private Messaging System
June 15th, 2007
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Go go gadget wife slapper
June 15th, 2007
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GOOSFRABA
June 15th, 2007
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IM F*CKING PINK!!!! ALL RIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 15th, 2007
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I'm red.
June 19th, 2007
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I JUST SAW THE SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS AND THE SPACE STATION FLY ACROSS THE SKY!!!!! IT WAS BETWEEN 11:03 and 11:06. VERY SWEET!!! THEY FLEW JUST UNDER THE WESTWARD MOON AND TO THE SOUTH BEFORE DISAPPEARING
June 25th, 2007
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1000 get!
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Also Snap dies
June 12th, 2007
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uh.. someitng
June 12th, 2007
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nooooo
June 12th, 2007
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i like the idea. are you ready for new orleans?!
June 13th, 2007
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youuuuuuu are truly outragous
June 13th, 2007
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yehhhhhhhhhhhhh
June 14th, 2007
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you're gonna like the way pink makes you look.
June 17th, 2007
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IM REPLYING TO A PINK
June 12th, 2007
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I guarantee it.
June 14th, 2007
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Great! Now all the pink users think they own this website. >:(
June 12th, 2007
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Awesome?
June 12th, 2007
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Nice post date.
June 12th, 2007
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:(
June 12th, 2007
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lol
June 12th, 2007
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There was nothing about that news post that I did not like.
June 12th, 2007
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Sounds good
June 12th, 2007
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lol internet
June 12th, 2007
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Holy moly, pink AND red
June 12th, 2007
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posted by max on 0000-00-00 00:00:00 ....TWILIGHT ZONE
June 13th, 2007
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lol
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k
June 12th, 2007
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Welcome to the Gentlemen's Club. Care for a cigar?
June 12th, 2007
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.....wow
June 12th, 2007
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captain black.
June 12th, 2007
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I wil have the lowest rated profile. YES !!
June 12th, 2007
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Question: will this mean that the set of users who are not, for example, smoothmedia, fearcondom, BtB, etc. get even less exposure? If I think about it one way, I find that the exposure is the same, because some random site being picked off the "Recently Created" list and hoisted to a better list is independent of the user; but if I think about it the other way, visitors will wholly ignore some of the lists that DON'T involve these more well-established users. But I haven't thought about it as long as you.
June 12th, 2007
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My aim isn't to single out users who make popular sites and only show their creations as it would lead to stagnation. I want it to function as sort of an added bonus for continually creating good content.
June 12th, 2007
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max has no appreciation for the unartistic there should be a "sh*tty ytmnd" list
June 12th, 2007
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max, I guess my base worry is twofold: 1. while I certainly agree that those users are the ones responsible for making the most interesting, creative stuff on the site, we still wouldn't want it to be like "who are you worshipping today?" 2. the list would become sort of like a "good stuff you've seen before" list, somewhat like the Hall-of-Fame. I think your comment sort of responded to both of those.
June 12th, 2007
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Face it max, no one makes good sites anymore. Stop trying.
June 12th, 2007
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^ This user has no sites.
June 12th, 2007
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why are you giving users whose sites are constantly getting exposure even more exposure? this makes no sense.
June 12th, 2007
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Pedigree trumps innovation, new-blood, and creativity. Kudos.
June 12th, 2007
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I'm already overexposed, as are alot of the other vent f*gs. I hope that this will focus more on the users who are somewhat unknown, but have made a few great sites...and not on the YTMND heavyweights who can basically crap out a top15 site.
June 12th, 2007
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^ well said smoothmedia
June 13th, 2007
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If it's a bonus, you should track it in their profiles. Also, I doubt the name coloring isn't really necessary for getting the point across.
June 14th, 2007
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*cough cough* i just started this year and my 4th site got a 4.50 out of 517 votes. there is still hope left in YTMND, and i have alot of free time ;)
June 25th, 2007
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Pedigree? Wtf. Anyone who is pink did it through their own hard work. All you have to do is make good sites and you'll be pink too. Not too complicated is it? And as far as users already getting a lot of exposure, I would disagree with this. Only a handful of the ytmnd elite can sh*t something out and get it upvoted into U&C, no matter what. It seems that the turnover rate is pretty high on ytmnd, so that if you're not constantly making sites, it's hard to become a recognizable name, except among regs
June 12th, 2007
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change the header of "ytmnds by featured users" to "sh*t"
June 12th, 2007
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Seconded.
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It's a lot harder to make something good than to complain about what's bad.
June 12th, 2007
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WHAT! BTape isn't pink :(
June 12th, 2007
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I wouldn't want a pink tagged name. As I see real potential for a negative backlash against the 1/5 of 1 % that compose the "pink mafia," by those on the outside. Personally, I would be much more critical of a site with a pink lauded creator.
June 12th, 2007
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never mind
June 13th, 2007
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it's easier to know what's wrong with the world than to know what's right
June 13th, 2007
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hold on you gotta be f*ckin sh*tting me Father-McKenzie doesnt have a pink name he make only the best ytmnd sites remember vietnam? is a f*ckin classic max you are a little f*ggot retard
June 13th, 2007
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trash the whole front page. instate subscriptions like youtube. problem solved. why dont you have any common sense.
June 13th, 2007
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ipwnedyourmom: I just deleted my 5 highest rated sites so I could never be among those f*gs lol
June 14th, 2007
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o, well yeah people with pink names look like girls anyways so f*ck the the pink names haha
June 17th, 2007
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Respect the fpa because that takes more work than any other site.
June 12th, 2007
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ANyone else notice the online now thing?
June 12th, 2007
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a long while ago...
June 12th, 2007
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Good lord, what is the blue?
June 12th, 2007
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The blue is for the fresh and new Mr. Magoo. (Use a little deductive reasoning.)
June 12th, 2007
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Have you seen Ocean's 13 yet?
June 12th, 2007
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What does the pink represent anyways, as well NSMB finally ran out
June 12th, 2007
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nevermind
June 12th, 2007
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Posting to see if I got pink.
June 12th, 2007
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Awww, I'm not fabulous enough. Well, let's see how this 'scoring system' works anyway...
June 12th, 2007
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You are pink, Chav. You just can't see it yourself.
June 12th, 2007
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:D
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:D
June 12th, 2007
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D:
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I assume my early register date got me this pink name, because otherwise I'm at a loss. Also: http://ahhellnooo.ytmnsfw.com/
June 12th, 2007
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Posting to see if I got GAIDS
June 12th, 2007
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I wish so hard. but fail so much harder...
June 12th, 2007
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133rd... now I know
June 12th, 2007
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"I just 5'd your Reno 911 site. It's paying off already!" Even I wouldn't 5 that site, and I made it.
June 12th, 2007
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lol
June 12th, 2007
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HOLY SH*T PINK!!!!
June 12th, 2007
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Yeah, I just noticed im pink as well when I logged out; I didn't think I was anywhere near a good enough user. This makes me kinda happy (: Congrats to all pink users and thanks to you max =)
June 13th, 2007
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awww crap im not a pink user anymore :(
June 15th, 2007
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Hmm
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June 12th, 2007
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"I love purple!" - Vicki Vale
June 12th, 2007
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Chicken nugget.
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>8|
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I still dont understand what the blue is for
June 12th, 2007
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its how recent a post was..... lots of blue was very a short time ago and less blue is longer, etc
June 12th, 2007
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lube for comments...for her pleasure
June 12th, 2007
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its how recent a post was..... lots of blue was very a short time ago and less blue is longer, etc
June 12th, 2007
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How does one go about becoming pink?
June 12th, 2007
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contract AIDS
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have sex with stephanie
June 12th, 2007
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combine 2 arbitrary movie rips with fad music and submit every day for 2 years
June 12th, 2007
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yeah, all the famous users got into contracts with AIDS.
June 12th, 2007
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HMS nailed it
June 12th, 2007
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have sex with stephanie
June 12th, 2007
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Gonna give props to HMS for that one.
June 12th, 2007
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Why am I Mr Pink?
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CAUSE YOU'RE A F*GGOT
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pulp fiction reference
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Sweet, I'm a f*ggot too
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Wow this is almost as gay as www.gabbly.com/ytmnd.com
June 12th, 2007
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Why can't we pick out our own colors?
June 12th, 2007
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PHH, LETS GO TO WORK *all pink users put on shades, walking professionally with "stuck in the middle with you" blasting*
June 12th, 2007
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Negative Fourest, it's "Little green bag" in that scene. I am lopping off your ear now, look away.
June 15th, 2007
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Ugh, epic failure on your part, fourest.
June 16th, 2007
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mik3m, that's Reservoir Dogs, not Pulp Fiction.
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FEATURED USERS SECTION FOR THE WIN!!
June 12th, 2007
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wot
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niceness
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LOL!
June 12th, 2007
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Great to see more appreciation to popular users. My new goal in life is to become pink. I don't know what it is, or what it represents. But I shall become pink.
June 12th, 2007
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You may not comment more than once every 60 seconds? ARRRUGUEHGIUDHGJKLDOIHYDG
June 12th, 2007
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Actually I was looking through the Top Viewed of all time, I forget which one I was viewing, then I went back and there were max oranges and everyone on their as pink, so I thought wtf is going on, so I came to home page and saw a new post. Anyways max, how do you choose the title of your posts anyways? Most of them seem to be metaphorical, or some kind of theme represented to come within the post.
June 12th, 2007
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Featured users? More like Featured F*gs.
June 12th, 2007
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Boooooo.
June 12th, 2007
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So how many pink users are there? Top 50? Top 100?
June 12th, 2007
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Also this is a pleasant surprise.
June 12th, 2007
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Who cares? You're one. *high five*
June 12th, 2007
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if you notice, most that are in HOF or top viewed/top voted are pink
June 12th, 2007
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I care because I'm sure whatever the cutoff is, I'm probably right on the cusp. Now I'm going to feel obligated to make sites more frequently, just to maintain my ytmnd social status.
June 12th, 2007
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^and that is why this system could be a bad idea.
June 12th, 2007
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Because people will feel compelled to protect their pink status, or because I'd be making more sites?
June 12th, 2007
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You're a funny dude. Keep up the good work. THE SYSTEM WORKS.
June 13th, 2007
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because it will become a popularity contest. You always make good sites though. So I am not complaining in this case.
June 12th, 2007
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no pink :(
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how fruity
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not gayd?
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yay pink! I totally had my brother sign on to see if I was cool enough!
June 12th, 2007
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Guess I'm too pure to be pink.
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Only I am green. That makes me super special.
June 12th, 2007
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Sphonix (HTPAT) is a featured user ahahaha
June 12th, 2007
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HEY MY NAMES STILL GREEN I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
June 12th, 2007
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Why is there no news post number 68?
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