Thoughts from the Mod, Vol. II: Of Memes and Other Demons

Any self-respecting FML reader is by now painfully familiar with the "Anna?" phenomenon. If you were (un)fortunate enough to miss the meme entirely, it's not too complicated: commenters arbitrarily posted "Anna?" in response to any FML, ranging from sniffing of asparagus pee to dubious use of back massagers. Feel free to browse-- there are seven full pages of Anna?-posts, dating back to January 14th.  (Apparently this was really amusing for a really long period of time.) But who is Anna? The Mod gave us the scoop. Straight from the horse's (unicorn's?) mouth:

I approved 80 "Anna?" comments [during midterms week]. For those of you who care to know, Anna is a friend of mine who knows my true identity. Her friends found out that she knew who I was, but she refused to tell them, so they decided to post her name as comments on amusing/embarrassing posts ... Anna's a real trooper though, and as far as I know, didn't spill the beans.

Trooper indeed. And as you may have noticed, Anna wasn't that week's only meme.

I approved nearly 50 Robot Unicorn Attack-related FMLs during midterm week, which was probably the only thing keeping me from playing it that often, because I got sick of it just from having to hear about it all the damn time.

So maybe we did him a favor. In some kind of convoluted way. Still, there was something about this that the Mod found slightly troubling:

Overall, memes are alright, but I get concerned that they might make the site less appealing to people who are new to PrincetonFML and might feel excluded by all the inside jokes.

So next time you've got that super-clever "Anna?" comment lined up (and occasionally they are clever), trigger finger poised at the Enter button, take a second and think of our Mod. WWMD?