User blog:ZXSpidermanXZ/PLEASE READ: Nyan Cat

As many of you know. There's been a new emote added to chat. The Nyan cat emote. Now as many of you also know, certain users have been spamming this emote, disrupting chat with it. In response to this, a petition has been made to remove the emote entirely. At first I did see the logic in removing the emote, but looking at it deeper, I see now that this petition will do absolutely nothing, besides remove an emote that many users love. I will provide reasons on the side of the people who would like to remove it, and I will provide the reasons why they all /do not matter/. This blog is not meant to offend anyone, rather it is meant to enlighten. I encourage you to read this blog thoroughly. If you see any faults in my logic, or any other reasons why the emote should be removed, please let it be known.

Removing the (ss) emote has greatly reduced the amount of innuendo.

This has been one of the larger arguments on the side of the people who wish to remove the emote, but there is not logic behind it. People have still been using innuendo, but that's not the point I will be making in refuting this point. You see, Innuendo is not spam, not even close. For one, spam is /A LOT/ easier to catch and punish. Comparing spam to innuendo is like comparing Miley Cyrus to Alemas, just... no. They are two completely different sins, neither should be used to help the others argument.

The emote is too big, making it much easier to spam.

So I suppose (ROFL) should be removed as well? Or any emote that's a little larger than the standard emotes, because it makes it easier to spam? This is one of the least logical arguments I've seen on the wiki, it makes absolutely no sense. Spammers will spam anyway, the nyan cat emote does not create spammers cause of it's size.

The emote is too colorful.

Um, so I read that argument, and... what? Yeah not even gonna refute that with a paragraph. Just no.

At the end of the day, spammers will spam, regardless of a single emote that is in chat. The people who have been abusing this emote /have been notorious/ for spamming in the past. This emote is loved by a large majority of the community, many of the people opposing it are newer members who have not seen how great this emote was. I encourage you all to take a step back, and look at this situation calmly and logically. Please give me your opinions in the comments. And thank you for reading. Colonel Roy Mustang (talk) 18:32, March 16, 2015 (UTC)