The hatred for all snowclones, including "legitimate snowclones"

Bob

Or snowclones with legitimate topics that would make sense on their own. I can see why content-less, illegitimate snowclones would be so widely hated, but why legit ones? This is especially daunting (or was, at least) when I would make two separate threads that were essentially snowclones of each other, but both legit, and one or both ended up getting deleted.

Khwarizmi

I actually agree with this.  There shouldn't be anything wrong with a snowclone if it's got a point to it beyond "thread title is a pun, lol".

They're not so fun to moderate though, not when half a dozen more spring up and half the forum's raging about them.

snowbull

This reminds me of the mass deletion of the languages in IJBM 1. At least half had actual discussions, but all were deleted.

glennmagusharvey

I agree with the OP.

Khwarizmi

^^ I think I missed that one.  What was the title format?  Just [language name], or a phrase?

snowbull

^"The X language"

Stormtroper

All of them had actual discussion, even "The Sumerian language" which I don't think was the OP's intention.

Anyhow, I think the backlash against snowclones is over, Yack Fest has seen a few snowclones recently, and nearly half of Old Folk's Home are snowclones.

GLORIOUSLeader

I agree with the OP.