I'm going to sound like a Emo Goth teen here but I really cannot tahan anymore.
I hate hate hate hate hate 9gag. 9gag is the China of the internet world. They steal from everywhere, most notably from reddit and 4chan, remove the watermark off the original artworks (as in rage comics, pictures, memes, etc, etc) and put their own watermark on the artworks they have stolen, make money off other people's works, claim they invented memes, and don't give credits to the original poster of the artworks.
The make money off others' works part is what burns me the most. Thieves of the highest order, the 9gaggers are. I refuse to click on that site because I refuse to contribute even a cent to those assholes. And I get truly irritated when people all over are posting shits from 9gag, the same shits that I just read on reddit or Buzzfeed. Yes, Buzzfeed is bad and repost shits too, but at least they don't remove other watermarks and replace it with their own and give credits when it's due.
A reddittor, who apparently had too much time on his hands, made an effort to investigate the thieving matter and wrote a long-ass post about it about 3 months ago. Here's the link. Read if you have the time please.
Here's a fun fact: I used to read 4chan religiously too (just read, no posting), before things got too icky for me. I left after I found out about this. Either my sensitivity is too delicate for them or they're just too advanced for me. Nowadays I go to 4chan only when things are interesting (like the Operation: Bukkake though they lost me at Funnyjunk, who steals from Oatmeal and the 9/11 pic).
End Emo Goth teen rant.
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