Why do they even make these...

[USSR]

If you wanted to hate on the band, hate it where people LIKE it.

Why would you do that?

To be one of the cool kids.
To be an attention whore =p

OT- The amount of porn on the internet.

Just too much..

 

[ProfessorLayton]

For attention, I guess. You know those FaceBook groups that say stuff like "If 1,000,000 People Join..."? Those obviously aren't real, but some people start them so they could have a popular group.

 

[ultrachicken]

Chain e-mails are my biggest pet peeve. Also Fred. Why is he so goddamn popular when there are tons of actually creative and funny people on the web?!

 

[cleverlymadeup]

People leave their brains at home while on the computer, it's amazing.

fixed that for you

anyways to answer the original posters question, it's for spamming purposes. if you forward on the email, then your email and everyone's email that you put forwarded to will be the in cc field because most people won't send via bcc. then when a pc is infected by spyware, basically anyone using internet explorer, the spyware will look through outlook for email addresses and letters such as that for email addresses and then to paraphrase AOL "you've got spam"

 

[ma55ter_fett]

There not as bad as the 'I got ripped in 4 weeks' ads.

True that

 

[Ham_authority95]

Mankind has to do less and less work everyday. (in technologiclly advanced places anyway)
so we make things like this, twitter, and other trendy, time wasting technology to keep us occupied.

(like spend hours a day posting on these threads )

 

[ejb626]

I SWEAR TO GOD THIS WORKS!!!
1.Go on to the Cult of Bob website and sell your soul to Bob so he can conquer Youtube

2. Bash your head against the keyboard 15 times to drive all remnants of intelligence away, what little you had to begin with at least.

3. Delete this comment and don't repost is anywhere

4. Your crushes name will not be displayed on the screen
IT WORKS I SWEAR!


Ok seriously I don't know the interent to tell you the truth is one big WHY?
Why are their trolls
Why do people film themselves freaking out, post it on YouTube and exspect to be taken seriously.
Why are the supposed "laid-back comedians" unable to take any criticism
And thats just YouTube

As for the ads, as long as there is electronic media there will be scams.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Rick Rolls. It's just silly and when I see a rick roll all I see in big gold letters is "Hey! I'm unorignal and can't come up with my own prank."

Granted,some people have taken the rick roll and have done amazing things with it (Such as the guy in Canada who swapped his friend's MW2 disc for a rick roll.), but there are people who just post the video with a fake name and it's just a pet peeve of mine.

 

[Scrythe]

Unwarranted self-importance.

Everyone thinks their opinion actually matters.

Me? I'm pretty much in it for boredom and post counts.

 

[The Anhk24]

99% of the internet is full of shit tbh.

Whats the other one percent?

 

[The Anhk24]

People only do that so they can get some attention

 

[drbarno]

There not as bad as the 'I got ripped in 4 weeks' ads.

that reminds me of those "i lost x amount of weight in [insert ridiculously small amount of time here]" the pictures they show in the advert is obviously two different people as well

 

[Pegghead]

Those people who somehow ring satisfaction from sending your computer a crippling virus.

 

[Terramax]

Why, would you go, look up a band you hate, (and give them another hit I might add, making them more popular.) and then talk crap about it.

Er, because maybe it's the first time you've heard the song and have decided to say you don't like it after listening? There have been plenty of songs on youtube I've been recommended to watch, I've watched them, disliked, and said they suck. Although when I say they suck I usually give a reason i.e. cliched lyrics, little to no melody, the song has just been used to sell sex, etc.

 

[Tonimata]

Propaganda and marketing.
It just happens when you live in a consumist world.

 

[funguy2121]

I was goofing around on the internet (not porn) and I kept seeing these stupid "SEND THIS MESSAGE TO SEE THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE...." posts all over. Then I got to thinking. Who makes this? Who benefits from making these things? Who sits down the at computer and says "Hey, I'm gonna get somebody to believe something good will happen because I spread this." It's not even like it's advertisements, It's just nonsense. Why?

Another example: I was watching a music video and I went to the comment board and someone went and said that particular band sucks. He wasn't a troll, and everyone was AGREEING with him. Why, would you go, look up a band you hate, (and give them another hit I might add, making them more popular.) and then talk crap about it. That's like going to a movie you hated watching, and then going and paying to watch again to tell the people afterward it sucked. If you wanted to hate on the band, hate it where people DON'T like it.

I guess the point of the thread is to ask, what befuddles you most about the internet?

Losers. Losers make those.

 

[Wayte]

The chain letters are attention whores, they want to see how many they get back.
The Youtube hatespam is a combination of Youtube dumbassery, /b/ asshattery, and probably some other made up word about somebody else.

 

[Rawker]

Why, would you go, look up a band you hate, (and give them another hit I might add, making them more popular.) and then talk crap about it.

Er, because maybe it's the first time you've heard the song and have decided to say you don't like it after listening? There have been plenty of songs on youtube I've been recommended to watch, I've watched them, disliked, and said they suck. Although when I say they suck I usually give a reason i.e. cliched lyrics, little to no melody, the song has just been used to sell sex, etc.

No, he just talked crap about the band, it wasn't any specific reason, it was just random hate. and then everyone after him started hating on the band after him. that calls for a WTH.

 

[JoshGod]

OT- The amount of porn on the internet.

Just too much..

apparently there's only like 5% porn hard to believe?

Rick Rolls. It's just silly and when I see a rick roll all I see in big gold letters is "Hey! I'm unorignal and can't come up with my own prank."

Granted,some people have taken the rick roll and have done amazing things with it (Such as the guy in Canada who swapped his friend's MW2 disc for a rick roll.), but there are people who just post the video with a fake name and it's just a pet peeve of mine.

i clicked on a god of war3 vid and it was kurmit the frog fuking the pink pig for about 8 mins with some random tune on, i gave it 5* hilarious.

OT
people are stupid
people like to influence others
people want to ennoy others without fear of getting hit

 

[USSR]

apparently there's only like 5% porn hard to believe?

..I don't believe that.