The real lifespan of a YTMND
Created on: August 27th, 2006
The real lifespan of a YTMND
This is pretty much what happens every time I make a YTMND. Songs are Herb Alpert - A Taste of Honey, Salt N Pepa - Push It, and Fina's theme from the Skies of Arcadia soundtrack, in that order. (No YTMNDs were downvoted in the making of this site).

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August 27th, 2006
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It's so true
August 27th, 2006
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So true. Sometimes a good site gets knocked off that way and people have to find them in the abyss again.
August 27th, 2006
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Unless you (http://nsfg.ytmnd.com/) Provide links (http://whatmikeydid.ytmnd.com/) in the comments section of (http://forkheadsfuturemontage.ytmnd.com/) Popular ytmnds
August 27th, 2006
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You jerk, you downvoted my site for the purpose of this one! Too bad I found this mildly amusing...
August 27th, 2006
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I actually only photoshopped the one-stars in. If you noticed, the alignment's a little off.
August 27th, 2006
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This is soooo very true....
August 27th, 2006
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Oh. Neat.
August 27th, 2006
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Sigh. This is the shame of YTMND. Downvoters and NARVs allow crap sites to stay on top while the good sites go unappreciated. That'd be the reason for upvoting right there.
August 27th, 2006
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It's more like...recently created...ignorant/gimmick downvoting...gone until revenge downvoting.
August 27th, 2006
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slideshow
August 27th, 2006
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I've found that if you leave some people positive comments/votes they go on to check out your sites....at least that is what i do....and get.....sometimes.
August 27th, 2006
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Hehe it's like a dirty trick, make a ytmnd about ytmnd's... I'd give it a lower score since it's been done before, but this is well done and amusing. It's growing on me, too.
August 27th, 2006
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shoover: In 1982, a cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man. David Grundman fired two shotgun blasts at a giant saguaro cactus that ended up falling on top of him.
August 27th, 2006
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NOOOOOOOOO
August 27th, 2006
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this ytmnd won't make it to the 3rd stage, cos it's gonna be stuck on the 2nd
August 27th, 2006
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CACTUS???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
August 27th, 2006
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the cactus bit was in response to shoover wanting to hear something he didn't know.
August 27th, 2006
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We need a new YTMND category on main page: The YTMND abyss.
August 27th, 2006
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For me, stage 3 is the "slow deterioration due to downvoters who find your user name and downvote all your sites."
August 27th, 2006
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This one will survive. 5 from Me.
August 27th, 2006
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Also, tell me something I know but have forgotten at this point in time.
August 27th, 2006
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LOL, I hear ya, bro. I have several sites stuck in 3.75 limbo.
August 27th, 2006
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Artman: Worthwhile section was a step in the right direction, but yeah, it'd be nice if more was done. Yoda: Yeah. It _would_ be ironic if it happened to this site, too. Korf: You left the oven on.
August 27th, 2006
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And there's sites like mine, which are stuck with a 1.0. Sure they deserve it, but that's not the point.
August 27th, 2006
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I had two sites on up and coming today, both fell off within a minute.
August 27th, 2006
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too true
August 27th, 2006
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I had one on up and coming once. People still view it at about 2 a day. Probably because it's 'epic' and includes the 'Enterprise'
August 27th, 2006
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true, :'-(
August 27th, 2006
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5 for truth.
August 27th, 2006
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yeah i'm getting sick of seeing the same sh*t all day(U&C are there for hours).
August 27th, 2006
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WRONG! Your vote decays over time from angry downvoters that check out your profile. So expect that 3.75 to lose a few points every week.
August 27th, 2006
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Aww.
August 27th, 2006
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I only had 2 sites that ever made it to up & coming. EVER.
August 27th, 2006
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funny because true
August 27th, 2006
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Actually, as long as the user keeps making decent sites then you will pick up a few more views and votes here and there. I'll agree though, if it gets rated 3.8 or lower it pretty much dies.
August 27th, 2006
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my final fantasy 4 hentai (sfw) site is rated 3.3 but still gets a steady stream of views.
August 27th, 2006
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OMG THE DOWNVOTERS ARE COMING!!
August 27th, 2006
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True Dat, 5'ed
August 27th, 2006
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The segue into "Push It" is classic. Great work.
August 27th, 2006
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+2 for actually answering shoover's something-I-don't-know.
August 27th, 2006
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kekeke.
August 27th, 2006
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possibly the most random sh*t I've ever seen
August 27th, 2006
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Truth.
August 27th, 2006
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See: Every single one of my YTMNDs
August 27th, 2006
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yes, there will be two slices of lemonade, two.
August 27th, 2006
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I know this all to well...
August 27th, 2006
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The abyss..
August 27th, 2006
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lifespan of average slideshow YTMND: Recently created, upvoted by NARVs, hits up and coming and gets sh*tcanned by people with taste.
August 27th, 2006
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lol.
August 27th, 2006
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5 for truth
August 27th, 2006
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August 27th, 2006
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awesome, truthful. upvoted!
August 27th, 2006
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actually i had my sites come back from abyss back to up and comming. Also you hsould mention that after it goes to abyss, the score gradually decreases at a slaow rate until it evens out at about 3.4 or 3.2, depending on the initial score
August 27th, 2006
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Tell me something good Tell me that you love me, yeah Tell me something good Tell me that you like it
August 27th, 2006
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mine seem to average out at around 3.5 GAME OVER.
August 27th, 2006
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WIN
August 27th, 2006
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Depressing.
August 27th, 2006
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lol
August 27th, 2006
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5 for SoA music
August 27th, 2006
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The alternative is your site stays on up-and-coming throughout the day, then gets a few thousand views, struggles to stay top 15, then fails to hold. It's like a bottle rocket on the geological calendar.
August 27th, 2006
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Not to toot my own horn, but for evidence of how quickly a good YTMND can stall, check http://rmog-mrcantdonatetothesiteguy.ytmnd.com/ On opening day, it got three 1 votes and was only seen by random viewers again. I was bummed. :( [/wrist]
August 27th, 2006
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Thanks for the slideshow
August 27th, 2006
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Almost all my sites are like this. I usually dont downvote other up and comming, but it sounds like a good idea >:).
August 27th, 2006
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:( This YTMND is so sad, it's even sadder that it's true...
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5'd cuz my YTMND "The Staredown" is on the Up and Coming in the background :)
August 27th, 2006
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its happenedto me too, the best i ever did thow was still on top 5 thow,(n*gg* stole my ocarina)
August 27th, 2006
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I have 3 or 4 YTMNDs that have had this same life. lol. My others didn't make it past phase 1. :(
August 27th, 2006
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You're welcome, leet-shoe
August 27th, 2006
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I can't see why a "slideshow" would necessarily be any worse than some inane fad YTMND or some stupid compilation, but that's just me.
August 27th, 2006
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it's sad because its true :[
August 27th, 2006
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great
August 27th, 2006
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Just because I want this site to leave and enter the abyss. I will 1 it. I'm not in the habit of downvoting but I just don't like this site.
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5'd for truth
August 27th, 2006
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Enjoy obscurity sildeshow mofo!
August 27th, 2006
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it dies unless its a fad and would be searched. But otherwise true.
August 27th, 2006
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lol my site is at the top of the "up and coming" part and then we both drop off of it....(Inter-Morphing Sequencer).
August 27th, 2006
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nailed it
August 27th, 2006
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true. but I have one stuck at 4.00 forever. So give or take .25.
August 27th, 2006
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I dig it.
August 27th, 2006
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Ha, so true. I loved the music with this for all the stages.
August 27th, 2006
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nice
August 27th, 2006
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So so true. My second ever on the Up & Coming (http://alderaanexploding.ytmnd.com/ )was only on there for about 30 seconds until some lame *ss downvoters got at it. At least my first U&C one was there for a good hour or so.
August 27th, 2006
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thus the story of quite a few of my YTMNDs
August 27th, 2006
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There should be a place to view YTMNDs that are 3+, too. Not necssarily on the frontpage, but it'd be better than random, with all the crap you'd find there.
August 27th, 2006
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fail
August 27th, 2006
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Boss: Yeah. Maybe there should be a 'lost YTMNDs' section on the front page for decently-rated sites below a certain view threshold.
August 27th, 2006
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UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED UPVOTED
August 27th, 2006
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its so true
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this sh*t happens to me :(
August 27th, 2006
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Interesting studies. What degree do you major in?
August 27th, 2006
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I hear that
August 27th, 2006
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1337
August 27th, 2006
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I'd say it dosen't matter if it dosen't get on the front page as much how many views/votes it gets.
August 27th, 2006
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That has happened to me so many times. Well, maybe 15 outof my 250 sites.
August 27th, 2006
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5'd for the cactus bit
August 27th, 2006
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Also, ranking on search pages.
August 27th, 2006
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true. but, the sound doesnt work
August 27th, 2006
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here is a 5, my friend
August 27th, 2006
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Sound works fine for me, naz.
August 27th, 2006
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Hey my YTMND went off up and coming for about 45 mins, after that it shot back up to 3rd on the list. I guess I'm just lucky huh? 5 for you because I'm not a dick who goes around downvoting the up&comings higher than me so that mine will go up.
August 27th, 2006
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pretty accurate. but sites can fall off and get back on all the time. if you are a more active user and people are clicking your profile then it has the chance for friendly eyes to give you a hand back up for a second chance. if you never vote or comment your profile will gain cobwebs.
August 27th, 2006
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I didn't actually downvote the U&C, that was photoshopped in (as I said a couple times)
August 27th, 2006
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This is my life
August 27th, 2006
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so do what dumbasses do; resubmit so i can one it a second time
August 27th, 2006
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I agree, needs more snaxes
August 27th, 2006
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It hurts so much when that happens, what sucks more is when it makes a trip through recent created and doesn't recieve a single vote...
August 27th, 2006
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nice, also + for cactus
August 27th, 2006
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if the first vote is a 1, chances are most everyone will vote 1, I've tested it out myself
August 27th, 2006
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Thank you. the abyss ate all my sites :(
August 27th, 2006
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That is EXACTLY what happened to my "Stan Sells EVERYTHING to YOU" ytmnd. Such a dissapointment
August 27th, 2006
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cooke: that is true. i remember when i upvoted every site i saw for 2 hours about a week ago, the up and coming section wqas rapidly changing.
August 27th, 2006
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unfortunatley true
August 27th, 2006
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it's called life isn't fair.
August 27th, 2006
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"There should be a place to view YTMNDs that are 3+, too. Not necssarily on the frontpage, but it'd be better than random, with all the crap you'd find there." Agreed, maybe 3-4.3 made in the last 72 hours, put it next to Random YTMND.
August 27th, 2006
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IT WORKED!! I WAS THE 1ST TO VOTE 5 ON THE STUPID YTMND WITH GEORGE BUSH IN CONCERT AND NOW ITS IN UP AND COMING!!
August 27th, 2006
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http://polandstein.ytmnd.com/ the link here
August 27th, 2006
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It's not fair I tell you.
August 27th, 2006
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ranma: Overworks needs to make a second Skies. SoA:L doesn't count (they screwed up the sound mixing and texture quality by compressing it onto one disk).
August 27th, 2006
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thats the score of my site :( http://zidaneisacentaur.ytmnd.com
August 27th, 2006
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tis true
August 27th, 2006
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I'm not looking forward to when this one ages out of the U&C (due to too many votes)
August 27th, 2006
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^ what u mean?
August 27th, 2006
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There's a cap at the # of votes a site can have before it's no longer eligible for up and coming. It was extended from 200, not sure what it is now.
August 27th, 2006
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I love how NARV has become this all-encompassing term for anyone with different taste than yourself and can be either an upvoter or a downvoter, depending on who is using the term.
August 27th, 2006
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5'd for truth and sadness
August 27th, 2006
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Fabulous. 4/5, but +1 for using Skies of Arcadia music, that game ROCKED.
August 27th, 2006
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August 27th, 2006
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Upvoted for SoA.
August 27th, 2006
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4.19 at 419 votes. That's a trip.
August 27th, 2006
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^ Indeed.
August 27th, 2006
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+1 for SoA
August 27th, 2006
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nonsence, people still view my nick studios site, just to downvote it because they cant take critisism
August 27th, 2006
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so true, i have like 10 ytmnd's that got like 5 viewes over a month. Then i have like 2 that get about 30 a day.
August 27th, 2006
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Don't worry, I had one (deleted out of shame) that had a AVERAGE of 1.00. 4 votes, and dead. It sucked, but I thought I would at least get a 2 out of mercy.
August 27th, 2006
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SO TRUE.
August 27th, 2006
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I'm gonn cry
August 27th, 2006
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Cactus
August 27th, 2006
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I'm okay with 3.75
August 27th, 2006
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lol win
August 27th, 2006
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Sometimes, a site can leave the abyss and mysteriously pop into the top viewed. I've seen it happen with other sites, I guess the planets just need to be in alignment.
August 27th, 2006
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so true, I cried
August 27th, 2006
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Syncs a bit off. I wish I could hit that kind of lifespan. ALl my sites get is "creation, one or two people who find it amusing, downvotes"
August 27th, 2006
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that is soooooo true man. 5'd
August 27th, 2006
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desunfortunadamente, you're a bit late. Probably would have had more effect if you did it earlier.
August 27th, 2006
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funny.
August 27th, 2006
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My YTMNDs follow a different pattern. Stage 1: On newest created. Stage 2: Get downvoted. Stage 3: Go into the corner and cry because there are people dedicated to downvoting my sites as soon as I make them.
August 27th, 2006
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uh oh!
August 27th, 2006
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people may also randomly vote on your site if it comes up in a keyword search, if it's a somewhat specific search term, like "cactus" for example.
August 27th, 2006
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I wish that would happen to me! None of my sites are above a 3.0
August 27th, 2006
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indeed.
August 27th, 2006
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Ain't that the truth. :-/
August 27th, 2006
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Sad but true.
August 27th, 2006
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:D:D
August 27th, 2006
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:'( Sad but true.
August 27th, 2006
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Your so f*cking right.
August 27th, 2006
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Thanks captain obvious!!!!
August 27th, 2006
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lol, upvoted
August 27th, 2006
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nice, but you neglect to mention that sites can be "resurrected"
August 27th, 2006
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You just described all my sites, minus the part where they're on up and coming >_>
August 27th, 2006
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Rofl Owned
August 27th, 2006
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Yeah, yeah, sites aren't automatically always killed the second they leave the front page, and sometimes you can get back on the U&C after leaving it, but once it leaves and stays off you'll have a hard time getting traffic. Unless you're one of the really well known YTMNDers or have something on a topic that gets searched for (read: fads)
August 27th, 2006
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lol, u downvoter. ^_^ ..dat cactus thingy crack'd me up.
August 27th, 2006
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lol....I got one to top 15 once...
August 27th, 2006
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Instant five for truth... ...and Skies of Arcadia. That game owns everything.
August 27th, 2006
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FOREVER!
August 27th, 2006
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TRUE
August 27th, 2006
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Please add something about revenge downvoters coming after you and your site slowly strangles on 1 star after 1 star until you give up and delete it to save bandwidth. I'd like that.
August 27th, 2006
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If you can post your site on a message board somewhere, it'll get a steady trickle for a while. I mostly vote 5 now because I don't want to drag down good work.
August 27th, 2006
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Doot made a YTMND along the same lines like this a while ago and (guess what) it has a rating of 3.74 stars...lol......http://beautyinnothing.ytmnd.com/
August 27th, 2006
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So true, dude. props for using "A Taste of Honey"!
August 27th, 2006
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i was amused by this... it is so true, and for telling the truth, you get a cookie... and a 5...
August 27th, 2006
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Bag: Well, with this one it'd have to be the (ugh) YTMND forums. Heather & others: I'd put in something about revenge downvoting, but it's not something I've experienced much; my sites just kinda lay stagnant.
August 27th, 2006
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whatever happened to the original "Typical LifeSpan of a YTMND"?
August 27th, 2006
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lol so very true
August 27th, 2006
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we need an abyss category, containing every ytmnd, inorder of score.
August 27th, 2006
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Tolkoto: full story at http://lifespantribute.ytmnd.com/ . Apparently the guy replaced the image to it with a big hairy *ss and it got deleted a few days ago.
August 27th, 2006
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
August 27th, 2006
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thRenody = eric bauman?
August 27th, 2006
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4'd for truth
August 27th, 2006
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5 just for the Skies of Arcadia music.
August 27th, 2006
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"Yeah so my last site got like a 3.99 and 10k views.."
August 27th, 2006
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I know man ;_; i know
August 27th, 2006
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http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF190-Extreme_Crocball.png#180
August 27th, 2006
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too bad more people don't go look past the front page
August 27th, 2006
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Too true. Guess there's only room for the bestest.
August 27th, 2006
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Phase weird: having over 450 views and still only 1 vote (at this time): http://livingwithchico.ytmnd.com
August 27th, 2006
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:(
August 27th, 2006
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its true
August 28th, 2006
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Tell me about it.. I mean, go look at my sites. I think one of my first ones (and most sh*tty) made it on top 15. The rest? you explained what happened to those perfectly.
August 28th, 2006
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I hear ya.
August 28th, 2006
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5'd for Fina
August 28th, 2006
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I like it, it's better than some of the other stuff I see here. Slideshows aren't all that bad anyways. And that piano at the end reminded me of Zeldas Lullaby in the beginning.
August 28th, 2006
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September 1st, 2006
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I love the "typical user reaction." I'm no stranger to the 1, but I'll never do it to keep a site in the U&C.
September 2nd, 2006
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AHHHH! This always happens to me, so i just delete the YTMND so i dont have to be haunted by them.
September 2nd, 2006
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anyway i give a 5
September 2nd, 2006
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so true
September 3rd, 2006
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sh*t, I can't even make it to the up and coming.
September 7th, 2006
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yea, that's exactly what happened to http://megamanmeetshismatch.ytmnd.com/
September 9th, 2006
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Flawless. ^_^
September 9th, 2006
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hey its true
September 9th, 2006
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So THAT'S why my site got off U&C...over 200 votes! It got to 1,??? and then it disappeared off U&C and went to Highest Rated #3, then was quickly off and put on Top Voted, and EVEN AFTER ALL THAT, its never seen again...
September 21st, 2006
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haha thats sooo true...all my sites are pretty much like that...I was happy to have one site on the Top 5 for a couple hours....but it got downvoted...):
September 23rd, 2006
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That totally happened to me today.
September 29th, 2006
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I Loved your site http://reallifespan.ytmnd.com 5'ed, check out my page votecoder5.ytmnd.com when you have time!
December 15th, 2006
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That sounds about right... I've lost count of how many times I've been screwed over by a single downvoter, or worse, a downvoting bot that someone set up to say "you fail, please try again ^_^" or "FREE PENIS ENLARGEMENT" or "Urine is yellow, not white" over and over for every single site indiscriminately...
December 18th, 2006
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TRUTH (screw downvoters)
January 15th, 2007
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5 for miss Fina's song.
February 24th, 2007
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sooooooooooooooo ttttttrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeee
March 1st, 2007
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Unless...somebody FAVs or sponsors it!
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:'(
July 2nd, 2007
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This YTMND is full of facts, some funny YTMNDs never make it.
July 3rd, 2007
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100% truth
August 9th, 2007
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this site should have a perfect score for just truth alone
November 6th, 2007
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for the most part true. resurrection is rare
November 16th, 2007
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5'd, because I already know how it feels make crappy YTMND's! And it has nothing to do with me! That counts for something. Which means a LOT.
June 26th, 2008
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soooooooo true
August 7th, 2008
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Its true.
October 27th, 2008
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All too true, I'm afraid.
November 5th, 2009
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its true its true :D