This led to the creation of a poll posted to the subreddit on whether to ban the use of the B Emoji. The practice became so ubiquitous that many felt the emoji was actively hurting the subreddit. The emoji is incredibly popular on /r/dankmemes, as users often substitute the emoji into titles for their posts. Meanwhile, Redditor Sgetti5 submitted a post speculating that the emoji was "taking over □s place in the market" to /r/MemeEconomy. On MAy 7th, Redditor weswes887 submitted a post asking about the □ usage to /r/OutOfTheLoop. Additionally, memes comparing the emoji to □ began reaching the front page of the subreddit (shown below). In early May 2017, posters on the /r/dankmemes and /r/DeepFriedMemes subreddits began using the □ emoji ironically in a similar fashion to replace letters. On February 17th, 2017, Redditor sailend submitted a post titled "REAL NI□□AS USE □ EMOJI □□□□" to /r/DeepFriedMemes, featuring a deep fried version of the Vince McMahon reaction (shown below, right). On December 29th, 2016, Redditor JakeAintFake posted a Deep Fried version of an Expanding Brain meme using the □ emoji to /r/deepfriedmemes (shown below, left). The following day, Redditor DrCooldude posted a low resolution photo of iDubbbz with his arm around Tana Mongeau with the caption " Say Nibber" to /r/DeepFriedMemes (shown below, right). On February 6th, Redditor Matth3wpr posted a Spongebob Squarepants comic featuring the the emoji to /r/dankmemes (shown below, left). On February 3rd, Redditor evilbarron submitted a post using the emoji to /r/dankmemes, where it gained over 16,000 votes (87% upvoted) and 70 comments within one week. On January 25th, 2017, Redditor ROBOTunderscore submitted a post asking about the prevalence of in emoji in internet memes to /r/OutOfTheLoop. On November 24th, the Twitter feed posted a Thanksgiving-related copypasta in which the first letter of every food item was released with the B Button emoji (shown below, right). On November 17th, Twitter user posted a photoshop of Spongebob Squarepants dressed as a Bloods gang member along with the phrase "The Bool Brab" written in the emoji (shown below, left). On October 5th, 2016, YouTuber Swolotag submitted a video titled "Spell Icup Nibba" using the B Button emoji (shown below).
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