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This thread was made to accumulate an ammount of opinons on the subject of site traffic. Let it be known that your opinions matter and whether site traffic will benefit us, or hurt us.

Site Trafficing -

A period of time where a website gets a frequent amount of users joining.

DISCLAIMER: This is no intention for a raunchy flame war – Just a small debate with no insulting matters.

- Affirmatives

Explain why Site Traffic on KYM will benefit the site and what it can lead to.

- Negatives

Explain why Site Traffic is can be hurtful to the site and what it can lead to.

Rules

1.Pick a side. (Affirmative or Negative)
2.State your opinion.
3.Post Comment
4.???
5.Profit

Personally, I oppose of Site Traffic because an excessive amount of population can lead to repetitive meme entries that will end up causing a huge dilemma vice-versa.

this will only start arguments

Site traffic is always derogatory, ALWAYS.

As soon as something goes mainstream, it turns to crap. It's like a machine gun that fires inactive users, crappy, uninspired material, internet drama, and forced memes.

Proof? /b/

(applause)

However, (Justify) an increase in population would increase discussion activity. We'd get more posts on empty threads and it'd cure waiting an hour (not exaggeration, this is true) for one post on your thread.

It'd also have a on-going discussion during night-hours for people who log in early or are from a distant time difference.

Negative…. you know why

the only site traffic we need is in discussions, and that from the people who regularly post

I didn't realize everyone was skeptical on site traffic.

I mean, I am too, but when everyone is for something, my only reaction is to retaliate.

I'd rather wait 2 hours for a couple of quality, lulz-filled posts than 20 minutes for many fail-filled ones.

Less traffic means that other Rocketboom projects take priority over Know Your Meme. This translates into the developers spending less time improving the site. Less traffic would also translate into less incentive for advertisers. Taken to the extreme this means shutting down KYM entirely, and focusing on Rocketboom and Mag.ma.

If you're worried about this site "going mainstream" we were already in TIME.com's 50 Best Websites of 2009, back in August. That's before Hector, Skankin, and Zombie even came here. If we were in any danger of being tainted by becoming too popular, it's already happened.

Growth is not a bad thing. Growth keeps sites alive. It's when a website stops growing that's when you should be worried.

And in case any of you are worried about KYM "selling out" I can assure you that even after being mentioned in popular press, I am still just some dude living in a tiny apartment in a neighborhood described as "historic" when they mean "ancient and run-down."

i get were chris is coming from, and i'm sure we all can agree that KYM can use the traffic, were just worried that, like you said Chris, is that we'll sell out, and be all ad's and no substance (much like ED)

We love this site too much to let that happen. Believe me, I made more money when I worked in commercial printing than I do now. But it's not about what I can do to make more money. It's about working on projects that I love, this site being the main one.

I would hate for this site to ever benefit anybody other than those insiders who already know the memes. I mean, I think we can all agree that a pressing reason for signing up here is to submit a meme. I think if you're comfortable enough to submit a meme, you probably are familiar with a fair number of memes. If you know your meme, you probably aren't the target demographic of know your meme. If you don't know your meme, you probably don't need to know your meme. After all, dictionaries are not for people that don't know words; they're for people that know words to put on their shelves and not use. Thus, dictionaries don't need traffic, and neither does this site.

I'm not sure if the tongue-and-cheek tag is working.

So…..we should know you're meme?

@Georgivs

The tongue-IN-cheek tag doesn't work when it isn't applied correctly.

To use KYM, you MUST have basic knowledge. What a meme is, what its purpose (or non-purpose) is, etc. If you do not know such things, you also probably do not understand internet humor, and therefore would be required to LURK MOAR on other sites that properly display internet humor (such as ED)

One thoroughly educated on the internets, you are a welcome researcher on the website.

@Zombie I am not meme.

@Dave

Sure, you have to know SOMETHING about memes, and internet humor in general, but you don't have to be well-versed. If you are, there's a good chance you have something to submit. I know a lot of the memes we see come from, or end up in, a select few sources like YTMND, 4chan, etc. but let's not forget that the internet is vast, and even with the great contributors that this site has, it doesn't have all of the memes that have been, or will be. Traffic can't hurt unless it's left to go apeshit by its own devices, and I think we have a pretty effective deadpool system and great admin.