Attack of the tweens
Friday, May 20, 2005Earlier in the week, Drawn! was luckily enough to be made a Yahoo pick and editor’s choice for addition into My Yahoo. This is all great because it meant a lot of new traffic for the site, however I soon realized that the majority of people who turn to Yahoo for their surfing advice are clearly 13 years old. Either that, or there’a reason the site is called Yahoo.
The commenters all put their Yahoo usernames as their e-mail address, and under website they either wrote Yahoo itself, or Drawn!, as if I was asking what site they were currently reading. At first the comments were merely misspelled and wrought with mangled grammar:
“I loves those theme!”“Aufully marvilous, why its a work of art i say”
“The picture i see i like it because it have some touches to it and it looks good”
“it’s hidious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Then, there were the few that believed themselves to be in some sort of Yahoo chat room:
“sex gone wild give me a holler”“can i have id of eny girl plz im alone”
For the post about Star Wars production art, featuring a drawing of Darth Vader, I got these priceless gems:
“This one looks like a man or somthing from Star Wars.”“TRILOGY OF STARWARS
IMAGINATION ,COLORS AND PASSION!!
TO FREEK 4 US!!”“its cool but it kinda looks like a star wars character”
Some person had nothing to say, and simply wrote:
“nothing”
Another felt the same way but was slightly less elegant:
“ffggg”
They just kept coming and coming…
“Hi, my name is Brent I could like to learn about begin a great artist like you guys. I would like for others to send art for me to see how far I am in the world.”“it’s preety
it’s u over the sky”“i love your drawing its so expresible”
“THIS PAINT IA A COMBINATION BETWEN NEW & OLD IIS SOME TIPE OF hOLOCAUST NICE WHAT CAN i SAY!:)”
“Cool you had a pretty cool ida! i think you should go in on this art”
“I LIKE THE WHOLE PICTURE ITS SELF ITS A GREAT PICTURE”
“Its great, but I think it look better try with planet saturn, I also like drawing it in my imagination. I also like the stars around it.”
“hello i am aarya,how are you? be happy in your life. bai”
“its nice but not all that so dont get all happ go lucky!!!!!!
if any body dont like what i said holla at me bitch!”“it looks really cool-NOT!!!!!!!!!!!”
MrBlank says:
Ugh. Does this mean you’re moderating all these “comments” and removing them? Congratulations on the success with Drawn!, but is all this extra gunk worth the Yahoo! exposure? I thought you were having trouble with all the bandwith Drawn! was getting before.
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Robot Johnny says:
The influx of morons seems to have thankfully subsided—it lasted a mere few days. When the comments first started pouring in, I was indeed worried. I wanted traffic for the site, but obviously I wanted traffic from the intended audience. I think it’s safe now, however!
patricia says:
Yeah, I noticed them, too. Borderline amusing at first, but god help us if it continues.
jovial_cynic says:
intentional? your first line in your post has a typo: “Earlier in the week, Drawn! was __lukcily__ enough..” haha…
armchair says:
funee post boi. you makes me hahaha!!!11
OMGLOLBBQ!!!1 OH NOES!! you pichur makes yous look like a ROBOTT!!!
Sexee ladees holla at me yo!
David says:
ffggg
Kat says:
Damn you, armchair, taking my post.
Robot Johnny says:
Touché, jovial_cynic! Fixxt!
Robot Johnny says:
Ha, looks like they’re starting to catch on to my deletions. Here’s the latest: “u no what u little frekin peasants u like to not save my things well fack u and your fackin pic pics u fackin merchants SMELL THE SHOE!!!!!!!!!!”
patricia says:
We have met the enemy and it is THE SHOE.
Eva says:
nothing
upso says:
i could read a book of quotes like that and never get tired.
Milkman says:
I would really love periodical postings of quotes like this
. They never seem to get old.
Katherine says:
This is hilarious. I have woken up the whole house with my laughing. Drawn deserves so much better than this. Pats on the back for sweeping away all this funny, funny crap!
Joe says:
“The picture i see i like it because it have some touches to it and it looks good” ........
what the hell is he trying to say. I love hoe the think they are talking to like people who are 12 or something. That just makes me giggle.
Paul Giambarba says:
The kids are no dumber than their elders. I continually get requests on my Polaroid blog for where to buy sunglasses, film for ancient Polaroid cameras and what I think they might be worth. Keep smiling.
luminant says:
cheers to this whole thing; I haven’t laughed this hard in awhile. This is what fascinates and horrifies me about the internet. while I’m a little late, I must let you know that I was directed to this site by my mother, who was searching Sesame Street’s Opera-Singing Orange. When I was 3 (1973) I was in a playpen in front of the tv and she was in another room . . . she suddenly heard me screaming bloody murder. Thinking I’d somehow horribly injured myself, she came running—but I was screaming in terror over the singing orange. Even years later I would see it and have to turn it off. I haven’t seen it lately (i.e. about 20 years) but I have no doubt that I would feel that incredible, id-shattering fear all over again should it appear on my tv unexpectedly.
Tamagotchi Town says:
Great info, thanks
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