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 17th, 2007
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In regards to gr33n's idea, I almost think there should be an anonymous poll where all users can submit one user name they'd like to be a representative for the featured category. (no self-voting though) The result? I don't know, maybe a lot of the same names would turn up.. it's always a popularity contest. The main difference is that you'd get more variety probably. Inkdrinker and others with low rated sites would show up, for example.
June 17th, 2007
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For those who dislike the featured list algorithm... if there was a poll, would it not be fair then? Since the users themselves would literally decide the names who go in, there would be a lot less complaints about the result. Top 50 users nominated might end up including names like MurdarMachene, directory, AwesomeBob, karndude, etc.. users that have some following, though weren't included by the featured users algorithm.
June 17th, 2007
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I just don't know how such a poll could be fair with all the alt accounts around, voting could be exploited. That's the problem... I don't know if max could prevent that from happening or not.
June 18th, 2007
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absolutely change the featured user section to show random ytmnds of said users.
June 18th, 2007
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I agree with ScndPistonHonda. I had no idea this discussion was going on. The pink names thing is obnoxious and elitist, and its unfortunate that people who react to that downvote these users who did nothing but make good sites, really.
June 22nd, 2007
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I like ScndPistons idea.. if it just features new sites by pinkies it can be abused. just making it a Pinkie ever changing Worthwhile would be better.
June 16th, 2007
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I like
June 16th, 2007
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June 18th, 2007
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i did ^__^ not that it was worth it though.
June 16th, 2007
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holy shat now you can turn off the preloader! finaly!!!
June 16th, 2007
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VOTE SAXON
June 17th, 2007
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I agree
June 17th, 2007
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Xiu is back, and he's an upvoter
June 17th, 2007
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also 888th
June 17th, 2007
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Not this guy again... http://ytmnd.com/users/Ashwill/comments
June 17th, 2007
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Yeah I was about to post that,lol
June 17th, 2007
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gr33nscr33n has some really good points
June 18th, 2007
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This is also very much bound to fail. Just because you may have some good content the first few times doesn't keep you from abusing the system and suddenly making stupid sh*t that no one likes.
June 18th, 2007
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max, if you're looking for someone to delete. niggled.ytmnd.com
June 18th, 2007
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That guy's about to get niggled.
June 18th, 2007
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Very cool. I havn't been to YTMND in ages, but it's great to see where it's going.
June 18th, 2007
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What a great idea dipsh*t, now top users can whore all of ytmnd with sh*tty sites. New users will never get their chance at top viewed because featured users are already one up on them.
June 18th, 2007
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Actually sites in Up And Coming have more of a chance of getting Top Viewed than sites in Featured Users
June 18th, 2007
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as of this post, 15/20 sites on today's top viewed were make by pink users. pink has been turned off on site profiles though, but is still viewed when the name is searched under users tab.
June 18th, 2007
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HCS
June 18th, 2007
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I am still green to me, and I despise Satan.
June 19th, 2007
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Lolz
June 18th, 2007
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BTape caught the alts earlier than I did, but ShomerFlash is back with more alts used to upvote himself and downvote everyone in the U&C. http://www.ytmnd.com/users/jorand/ http://www.ytmnd.com/users/jorand2/votes http://www.ytmnd.com/users/jorand3/votes http://www.ytmnd.com/users/jorand4/votes
June 21st, 2007
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Every time ShomerFlash is outed with his alts he always delete his site, but he never deletes the downvotes from all of his alts.
June 18th, 2007
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http://ytmnd.com/users/maxoxic/comments
June 18th, 2007
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LUE1337. He pretty much admitted to me in a PM exactly what BTape is saying.
June 19th, 2007
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"One major flaw with that argument, I am LUE1337. I just got banned so many times from this site so I hacked this guys account in order to downvote YTMND yet again."-And the caged bird sings..
June 23rd, 2007
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azaman_ 1 through 8,q,w,e,r,t, and d being most recent
June 18th, 2007
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LOL your title has a Wu-Tang reference
June 19th, 2007
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hi everbody big hugs 4 all
June 19th, 2007
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wtf ugoff has a new show on HBO
June 19th, 2007
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make me pink
June 19th, 2007
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lol, pink.
June 19th, 2007
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June 19th, 2007
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I can't wait for someone to make a ytmnd out of this!
June 21st, 2007
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it won't happen
June 19th, 2007
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YTMND just pwned itself.
June 20th, 2007
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wow, no more 300 vote limit for U&C? nice
June 20th, 2007
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What was that site that had a bunch of pictures with stuff written on them? OK I'll narrow it down--- One of the pictures said "This remote controls my gigantic robot arm" IDK, It popped into my head, and I want to see it again....
June 22nd, 2007
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hahaha, no I kept thinking about it and couldn't remember the first thing about it, so I figured someone one here would. I had no clue I had posted under the actual person who made it. Thanks for sending me the link. I didn't even realize it was on my favorites list.
June 20th, 2007
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I don't get it.
June 20th, 2007
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http://www.scholarships.com/
June 20th, 2007
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hey cool im green :D
June 20th, 2007
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http://bahbahbobop.ytmnd.com/
June 20th, 2007
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http://ytmnd.com/news/?news_id=53
June 21st, 2007
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I just saw this guy register in spy and I instantly knew he was trouble. http://ytmnd.com/users/Polend/comments
June 21st, 2007
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It looks like an alt of n4rvst. They tend to comment at the same time.
June 21st, 2007
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comment
June 21st, 2007
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pink furf*gs
June 21st, 2007
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Up and coming hasn't changed in a while...
June 22nd, 2007
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hey max, I noticed that for some reason MurdarMachene still isn't a featured user. That's got to be some kind of bug, right? Or is it because he's just getting his own box on the front page?
June 22nd, 2007
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Lights! Turn on the sound effects! Action! Drop it, drop it on 'em! Drop it on them!
June 22nd, 2007
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I really think that you and a small group of trusted mods need to spend a few hours and evaluate everyone on the featured user list. The fact that WTL is on the list really pisses me off. All his popular sites are stolen from 4chan and you now risk having a goatse site on the featured section. He represent everything that is wrong with YTMND, yet all of his sites get highlighted now.
June 22nd, 2007
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http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/3350/ollj2wi2.jpg - ollj likes it when you criticize him. a wonderful example of great ytmnd etiquette. all you *ssh*les could learn from this fine upstanding user. Go Finland!
June 22nd, 2007
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Remember kids, when ollj steals from B3ta you should give it a five.
June 22nd, 2007
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and if you dont like it, youre just a c*cksucking upvoter or a troll, and if gets over 3 stars you are in the minority and his actions are justified. i'd seriously like to punch this kid.
June 22nd, 2007
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That guy needs to get deleted
June 22nd, 2007
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max, if you delete ollj i'll draw you a picture of me sucking your c*ck and you can post it as the background of the main page.
June 22nd, 2007
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Well here's more reason to ban or delete him: http://lookatthatfatc*ck.ytmnd.com/
June 22nd, 2007
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He attacked a bunch of cooke's sites, too.
June 22nd, 2007
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horray for ollj
June 22nd, 2007
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at least he 2'd that goat dildo site that started from my comment. I say make him super mod. (downvote this comment so that it is funny)
June 22nd, 2007
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http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5045/no1dressyq6.png
June 22nd, 2007
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aw peas
June 22nd, 2007
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Looks like leet-shoe is back to downvoting, and he's doing it in full force http://ytmnd.com/users/leet-shoe/votes
June 22nd, 2007
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Bad downvoter, caught him online tonight on spy as he found sites on "recently created" and downvoted all of the user's sites. http://ytmnd.com/users/jizzmotron/votes
June 27th, 2007
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Not to mention he's now accumulating roughly 2,000 downvotes A DAY, as of recently. Before you had to view sites to vote on them, it was still extremely time consuming to rack up 1,000 a day. Even if you put me and Btape together, it would still take around 2 weeks for us to vote as much as he 1-stars in a few days. At his current rate, He'll have a larger margin of downvotes than punisher in about a month or two if he keeps it up at this rate.
June 23rd, 2007
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http://www.ytmnd.com/users/lacunacoil/votes - http://www.ytmnd.com/users/johnlocke/votes - http://www.ytmnd.com/users/littlegreenguy/votes - http://www.ytmnd.com/users/ihaveaface/sites - There has to be more. ihaveaface is alting his sites.
June 23rd, 2007
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if pink means pussy then i love pink ;) lol
June 23rd, 2007
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Please delete this guy already. http://www.ytmnd.com/users/ExFurry/
June 23rd, 2007
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VOTE SAXON. *tap-tap-tap-tap* *tap-tap-tap-tap* *tap-tap-tap-tap* *tap-tap-tap-tap*
June 23rd, 2007
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Hey everyone! The passwords to my 3 accounts (Niloc14, Nilocia, N) are qwerty7 (all)! HAVE FUN! COME ON, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO! =D
June 23rd, 2007
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Not anymore. I claimed all three and changed the passwords before the trolls could get to them.
June 24th, 2007
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Well, it's been good having you around Niloc. Good idea for changing the password so people can't ruin a good ytmnder's account, Hank.
June 24th, 2007
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The moment I saw that I pictured JoeyJoeJoe talking those accounts and downvoting everyone like he did when he temperarily took over Bob-the-Builder's account.
June 24th, 2007
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Though I may go back and fix some of Niloc's sites.
June 24th, 2007
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MOD SYSTEM *SCREAMS*
June 24th, 2007
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woot
June 24th, 2007
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pink is punk baby
June 24th, 2007
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http://cowandchickenlewis.ytmnd.com/ - THE WORST YTMND EVER???
June 24th, 2007
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wtf, does this guy use alts to upvote his comments? http://ytmnd.com/users/reeseycup189/comments
June 24th, 2007
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+'d because he's probably gonna use his alts to downvote your comment
June 24th, 2007
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I'm sorry, but I really hate how you raised the limit of votes and days for the U&C. It always seems to be the same sites every day. Please change it back or at least drop the days back to two.
June 24th, 2007
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SageOverride is now stealing gifs from other websites and claiming he edited them: http://ytmnd.com/sites/profile/781207 I know he got it from b3ta.com, but I can't find the exact link.
June 24th, 2007
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everything Sage posts is stolen. delete this retard.
June 24th, 2007
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ytmnd.com/users/themaninthebush = GucheHair. KILL.
June 24th, 2007
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CRUSH.
June 25th, 2007
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DESTROY.
June 24th, 2007
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http://ytmnd.com/users/darkphire/ - tennousei cheats to push up his Dawn of the Dead sites, among others, and I am about 99.9 percent certain this isnt his only self-upvoting dupe.
June 24th, 2007
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http://www.ytmnd.com/users/darkphiref/votes - another alt, and i'm sure there's more now. he was self upvoting himself, but he got noticed after attacking dmaz's new site with all of them.
June 25th, 2007
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yep
June 25th, 2007
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halp
June 25th, 2007
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gah
June 25th, 2007
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Rah!
June 25th, 2007
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Very, very sneaky
June 25th, 2007
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'ello guvnah
June 25th, 2007
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i wish to be pink one day
June 25th, 2007
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lol
June 25th, 2007
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YTMNDers are bad people.
June 25th, 2007
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maybe people are just YTMNDers
June 25th, 2007
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I meant: Maybe people are just bad YTMNDers
June 26th, 2007
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We're not really bad people, our Avatar heads are just PASTED on that way.
June 26th, 2007
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money-hat framed roger rabbit
June 26th, 2007
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wtf, that's not a unicorn on the main page, it doesn't have a horn on its head lol
June 26th, 2007
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it had it's horn removed by hunters
June 26th, 2007
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I wish you would have kept it on featured users as opposed to top viewed...still hillarious.
June 26th, 2007
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this is almost as bad as the sparkles falling from the top with a puppy dog with a flower in its mouth
June 26th, 2007
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Nice usage of the Ink Spots. Used in the Fallout 3 trailer most recently. Interesting choice.
June 26th, 2007
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I listened to the ink spots well before they decided to use it in their trailer. Maybe now 3 more people will start listening to them.
June 26th, 2007
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d/c watch this: http://www.comingsoon.net/trailers/transformers/exclusivetvspot.mov
June 26th, 2007
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Somebody has been watching the Fallout 3 trailer too much. Also peeing unicorns.
June 26th, 2007
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Post a site about unicorns now and win 15 minutes. I bet all your mouths taste like the rainbow.
June 26th, 2007
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OH NOOES YOU CAUGHT TEH GAY!!!
June 26th, 2007
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oh you..
June 26th, 2007
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whoa
June 26th, 2007
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Hey max, i'm experiencing bugged NSFW voting with my #! option. When I go to a NSFW site I get the triangle overlay (though my options say I prefer otherwise), and when I click it, I am unable to vote on NSFW sites. Considering you can't seem to vote from the site profile, and only from the site, this bug makes me unable to vote. Just letting you know.
June 26th, 2007
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WHY IS THERE A CHILD
June 26th, 2007
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just posting a comment to check the time...
June 26th, 2007
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Now that's a good reason to comment.
June 26th, 2007
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Are people deliberately shunning the ytmnd’s made by the pinkies?
June 26th, 2007
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Where are all the Chris Benoit YTMND's???
June 26th, 2007
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max, i got a question about the YTMND shrits, i have a idea that we can put our user name on the back of the shrits?
June 26th, 2007
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best question ever.
June 26th, 2007
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also search for "custom patches" on eBay okay i want to buy a username to sew on my gay jacket with my transformers patches please make official ones max bb i don't want some pirated bootleg sh*t (like your site lol OWNED4LIFE)
June 26th, 2007
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Well...at least we still have our maroon-ish color :-P
June 26th, 2007
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clique bullsh*t killed ytmnd and then hung itself
June 26th, 2007
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you know what? screw you. i came here relieved for one of the first times in a week that my life was finally returning to normal after the ordeal ive had and you post some gay sh*t like that? nice compassion, jerkoff.
June 26th, 2007
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Posting a site at this time has opened my eyes to the true extent of alt/gimmick f*ggotry. Man is it rampant. Not for long, hopefully.
June 28th, 2007
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What?
June 29th, 2007
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!!!
June 26th, 2007
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Dustino66 has been using gimmick alts to downvote other sites and upvote his. He probably has many more. http://ytmnd.com/users/nega4downer/votes, http://ytmnd.com/users/Kay-Kay/votes
June 27th, 2007
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did i miss anything good yet?
June 27th, 2007
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you missed everything I hated about high school becoming further entrenched into YTMND. Pick the Jets or the Sharks before you get left behind.
June 29th, 2007
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Jets or Sharks? More like meat patrol jocks vs. band dorks. Guess which one I was...?
June 27th, 2007
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you know what? screw you. i came here relieved for one of the first times in a week that my life was finally returning to normal after the ordeal ive had and you post some gay sh*t like that? nice compassion, jerkoff.
June 27th, 2007
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oops this was an accidental comment (using your news page to hold some copypasta dude) oh well I STILL MEAN IT OKAY, JERKOFF!!!
June 27th, 2007
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June 28th, 2007
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f*g alert: http://ytmnd.com/users/n4rvst/votes but I bet you already knew that. MAX!!! NEW NEWS PLZ K THAX
June 28th, 2007
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ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT UP AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA OKAY
June 28th, 2007
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NSFW voting does NOT work for me. It makes me :(
June 28th, 2007
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logging out, clearin your cache, and restartin firefox should help
June 28th, 2007
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I thought you loved me, but you only lied to me.
June 28th, 2007
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JK had to clear cookies too. All of those things + clearing cookies =winsauce so I can be the first line of defense against tubgirls again.
June 29th, 2007
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also you might try alt f4
June 28th, 2007
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June 28th, 2007
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producing their own 'points' and consuming the points made by others. The site sits comfortably among Alexa's Top 2,000 sites on the entire Web, and its quirky status has earned it a Wikipedia page of its very own: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YTMND.
June 29th, 2007
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points? fail
June 29th, 2007
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there is no laughter here
February 4th, 2008
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If you rehaul the Hall of Fame, you HAVE to add amessagetomax.ytmnd.com
February 26th, 2009
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a bunch of people replied to this comment nearly two years ago..WTF
February 26th, 2009
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Oh damn, I f*cked that up. I meant to comment here and not reply to anystrom's comment
February 13th, 2018
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I don't need a handkerchief.
February 13th, 2018
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She was a fool to use the same tactic that failed her at your first meeting.
February 13th, 2018
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Otacon, you sound like you're happy.
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