Cool stuff like this forum are nice and all, but when you take a step back and look at the grand scheme of the Internet, it's hardly known. I would assume that it's all just hidden by layers of mainstream and cats making funny faces. Like, for example, "Charlie Bit my Finger" will be watched and praised more than everything Terkoiz ever does COMBINED. And he's like, God here. I can safely say I'm the only person in my entire school district with a Stickpage account. Most people have no idea of the existance of Fluidanims, as I think most people very rarely wander from Facebook or Youtube.

In some cases, that could be a good thing. What if Stickpage became incredibly popular? A huge bombardment of people that double post and luv 2 tp lik tis would arrive. (God, does it KILL people to use proper grammar?) Join a forum, it makes you smart and independent, you Tweeters.

How do things on the Ineternet get popular? I like this better too, Jombo

What do you mean by the "grand scheme of the internet"? How people use it obviously depends on their own preference, therefore you can't simply generalize that the internet revolves around viral videos and memes. The internet is used differently by different people. Alone it is nothing but a pool of information, entertainment, and so forth. You perceive it to be filled with Cat videos because you surround yourself with those things. If you move away from them, and your views will surely change. I am more amazed at the fact that some people have such resources, yet they restrict themselves to memes and viral videos. But I'm a hypocrite.

You might see Terkoiz as a "god", but others will see him as a random with a massive hard on for stickfigures. Stickpage is not mainstream because not everyone find stickfigures amazing. It is as simple as that. Similarly, you might find another site dedicated to a certain subject (say knitting) uninteresting, yet users there ask, "Why does no one know about [insert name here], s/he is a god here." I'm not sure what is supposed to be debated considering that views on what is "appreciated" and "under-appreciated" is subjective, and the question itself is as broad as hell.

Somehow I find that it really bugs me when stuff as good as the 4Day animations only get like 50,000 views on Youtube, and all of those crappy Pivot animations (Stick Figure High, for instance) get 10,000,000. That's really not fair in my opinion.

And I agree with Jombo, this could get interesting.

Let's players are overly appreciated.
Like they're what makes the world go round.

Yeah, I guess that is a pretty broad question. Sorry guys. I think "How do things on the internet get popular" is a better question.

I think those pivot videos get more popular than 4 Day stuff because people searching YouTube just search "stick figure funny" or something like that (admit it, we've all done that sometime or another). Also, fluidanimstv never seemed to have tags, so the videos weren't that likely to come up in the search. Now, if you look at the 500k+ videos, you see that they usually relate to a controversal topic, exploiting celebrities, OR have several dozen tags. I believe tags play a big role in a video's popularity.
Something linked to a big network also has a better chance of becoming popular. I know I'm taking a few steps back here, but many people who actually Stickpage find it by playing Stick War on Addictinggames.com, sponsored by Nickelodeon. (btw, it's the #5 most-played strategy game on AG of all time :O)

@Envoy: I never said Stickpage was mainstream.

I think you're comparing 2 completely different things.

You're comparing a forum on a niche subject (stickfigures) to a site like youtube which houses billions and billions of videos of varied content. I mean, I don't think it's even possible in THEORY to get a forum dedicated to a single topic as popular as a site like youtube. Even a forum that's not centered around one area couldn't be as popular, because you're comparing a place where active discussion is the only source of entertainment with a site where that discussion is combined with actually watching entertainment.

It's not surprising that this is how it is, and quite frankly I wouldn't have it any other way. We have enough new people joining here and spamming and stuff as it is without more people doing the same.

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@Envoy: I never said Stickpage was mainstream.

But you are comparing it with something mainstream. It comes off like you want it to be mainstream or at the very least you want the discussion to be based around.