Looks like it will be a while before BuzzFeed ‘steals’ a meme from the black community.
Memes are probably the most common feature on social media these days. Anyone can make a meme. The social media community is known to take pictures from their community without necessarily crediting the source (because most times, you can’t even tell where it came from, especially if it has gone viral). Now, a BuzzFeed staff capitalized on this fact but forgot one thing – tweeps up at odd hours of the night notice everything. LOOL.
A fan of BuzzFeed, @GoldieTaylor was awake, probably watching the #BETAwards2015 and ‘memeing’ Tamar Braxton.
Then Goldie noticed that BuzzFeed and put up a post titled Tamar’s BET Awards Face Is The Hilarious New Meme You Need In Your Life. She couldn’t believe it! BuzzFeed had taken up her random memes and used it as a post!
But… Hold up! Where was her name in the post? She only noticed Tracy Clayton‘s name as the writer of the article but there was no credit anywhere that stated that she started it! Urrrggghhh!
Now, Goldie has about 68,000 followers. Definitely, the girl’s got fans. Her followers noticed her tweets and with the amount of retweets she was getting, something had to be done about that ‘omitted’ credit.
You can imagine all the adrenaline that was going through Goldie Taylor at that point. It had to get more interesting! She flipped the tables on BuzzFeed – from Tamar jokes to BuzzFeed jokes, memes and GIFs style.
I know @BuzzFeed betta hurry and answer @goldietaylor soon! pic.twitter.com/ItAIRVCCWy
— A$AP Pocky (@JustCallMeKiku) June 29, 2015
It ain’t like I ain’t got seven whole days to ride that ass @BuzzFeed… — Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 29, 2015
Check my feed, my mentions and RTs… It didn’t happen w/o me. End of story. https://t.co/oVKwnfqCLO — Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 29, 2015
.@BuzzFeed pic.twitter.com/REDrfchmXA — Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 29, 2015
.@BuzzFeedpic.twitter.com/qzveyGMrtV
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 29, 2015
A) I want an apology. B) I want the post corrected. @BuzzFeed pic.twitter.com/XGXMvEF3zC — Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 29, 2015
Uh, @BuzzFeed? You really just gon’ keep us up all night waitin’ for you to give @goldietaylor her credit? pic.twitter.com/wMMtU13ids
— A$AP Pocky (@JustCallMeKiku) June 29, 2015
Hopefully, BuzzFeed didn’t mean Goldie.
That’s cool, @BuzzFeed, As my grandmama used to say: I got some shit for that ass… pic.twitter.com/h84apNnZ9R — Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 29, 2015
Then, Tracy Clayton, the writer (finally) made a comment.
Love you madly, but I worked hours to build that meme… https://t.co/D179MJzERl
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) June 29, 2015
Finally, BuzzFeed gave her credit and they lived and slept happily ever after.
