• MLP Facebook Page Becomes Awesome

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    This is one of those X:30 news posts that doesn't really qualify as news, but was certainly a nice little treat to wake up to just now. Usually the My Little Pony facebook page sends out pretty benign status updates, like asking parents what their kids favorite episode is. This was an interesting change of pace, to say the least. And look at those Likes! Almost five hundred in forty minutes. Yes, I was one of them.

    Stuff like this just makes me more excited to see what kind of subtle nods the fandom gets in season two.
    Thursday, June 23, 2011 op
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    66 comments:

    1. ToonNinjaJune 23, 2011 at 11:30 AM

      ...Holy crap.

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    2. Ivan2294June 23, 2011 at 11:32 AM

      Link? Yes I am very lazy

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    3. elite guy 94June 23, 2011 at 11:36 AM

      Damnit, Seth, ya should have said "20% cooler!"

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    4. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 11:37 AM

      THANKS FOR THE LINK CEREAL...OH WAIT

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    5. TosxychorJune 23, 2011 at 11:37 AM

      http://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony?sk=wall

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    6. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 11:38 AM

      https://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony/posts/243723145645130

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    7. DareDreamerJune 23, 2011 at 11:38 AM

      Too awesome for words. Now I'm REALLY excited to see what Season 2 will bring us :D

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    8. Narwhals' BendJune 23, 2011 at 11:45 AM

      Too bad I deactivated my Facebook account a while ago.

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    9. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 11:45 AM

      Can't bring myself to like it. :(

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    10. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 11:46 AM

      @Anonymous
      ...Why? I brag about enjoying FiM all the time to friends and family. It shows how fucking manly you are.

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    11. KaijinzeroJune 23, 2011 at 11:47 AM

      you guys who liked it aughta add me. i have the grey pegasus with red eyes as my avi.

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    12. BasharoonskisJune 23, 2011 at 11:49 AM

      I liked and commented, anything to let Hasbro know we're a pretty huge part of the fanbase so hopefully they'll release merch accordingly.

      But you know, whatevs. The shirts they had were born that way, and they were pretty adorbs. I dunno lol, I just <3 it.

      Ok I'm done, anyways, that's awesome stuff up there, and anon 10:45 should be braver, closet bronies aren't nearly as fun.

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    13. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 11:50 AM

      @Anonymous
      Didn't work that way for me. My sister thinks it's weird and my mom pretty much thinks I'm a pedo.

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    14. XeonneoJune 23, 2011 at 11:51 AM

      Sweet Luna!
      I love the internet soooooo much. Well, these parts, at least.
      This almost makes me want to get a facebook account.

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    15. Jebin ZedaluJune 23, 2011 at 11:53 AM

      Ack, I can't figure out how to Like the post. Do I have to Like the group, first?

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    16. SorrowfulJune 23, 2011 at 11:54 AM

      Is this the official Hasbro or Hub facebook page or just one of many fan-created facebook accounts?

      BTW side note. Looks like an official DVD set is out although I think it's one of those DVD sets meant for movie rental places, not general public
      http://www.hasbro.com/shop/details.cfm?guid=922E9158-5056-900B-107D-D92774728E56&product_id=28356&src=endeca

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    17. DareDreamerJune 23, 2011 at 11:57 AM

      @Sorrowful
      Unfortunately, that's for Itunes.

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    18. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 11:57 AM

      >Like MLP fan page
      >Go to home page and remove post
      >Like the MLP post

      And no one was of the wiser.

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    19. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 11:57 AM

      I wonder if they realize the term brony originated on /b/? Either way, lulz

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    20. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 11:59 AM

      Two hours since it was posted, and it's already exceeded 1,000 likes.

      I love the Internet.

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    21. AppleJaysJune 23, 2011 at 12:00 PM

      It's now over 900! :D So awesome!!

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    22. Eliwood10June 23, 2011 at 12:01 PM

      we just broke 1,000 likes :D

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    23. RockaboreJune 23, 2011 at 12:01 PM

      I liked and commented! I'm hoping this'll mean that they're starting to seriously consider making FiM stuff for guys.

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    24. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 12:03 PM

      @Anonymous:

      Brony was on /co/, along with /co/lts. But after /b/ picked up the massive following they adapted brony to /b/rony.

      They stole the damn name. :(

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    25. kitsJune 23, 2011 at 12:03 PM

      this makes me want to use my facebook account.

      FlankBook > Facebook

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    26. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 12:04 PM

      @Sorrowful: It looks like it's the official company page.

      I'm not sure that's an official DVD set. The "season pass", "episode", and "rental" breakdowns (and the itunes link) make me think that's the price to buy/download the digital copies of the episodes.

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    27. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 12:06 PM

      "LIKE"-ING WITH THE FORCE OF A THOUSAND SUNS

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    28. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 12:07 PM

      Am I like the only person left on the planet who doesn't have a Facebook account

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    29. HaileoJune 23, 2011 at 12:10 PM

      I liked that comment from the MLP Facebook page 11 minutes after it was posted. ^_^

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    30. DaylightJune 23, 2011 at 12:11 PM

      If I still had facebook I would like this.

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    31. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 12:16 PM

      Go there and post there something, Like it. We need to show Hasbro we are more, that we are ready.

      Im posting them and encouraging all FB group to post there. So please stop-by and post something.
      Facebook.com/BroniesForever

      Please stop by: http://www.facebook.com/mylittlepony?sk=wall

      Greets.

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    32. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 12:17 PM

      The term Brony doesn't mean you are from /b/ and like the show. It practically applies to all the male/female fans of the show although some wish to have a separate name for female signs of the show

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    33. SorrowfulJune 23, 2011 at 12:20 PM

      @Anonymous

      Okay... Don't have iTunes so the whole 'season pass' and 'rental' thing didn't make sense

      Yup.. That's definitely the company page but I have to wonder when they do things like post this:

      http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=118429394841173&topic=518
      official cupcakes episode? dear god what?

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    34. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 12:22 PM

      Guys, just make a FaceBook account for the purpose of liking this. You don't have to use it afterwards~

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    35. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 12:23 PM

      @Sorrowful

      The page didn't post that, that was one of the people who liked it posting a topic on their board.

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    36. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 12:28 PM

      At least somebody likes us!

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    37. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 12:28 PM

      @Anonymous
      nope.avi

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    38. OtakuXJune 23, 2011 at 12:36 PM

      This is great, I'd just changed my profile picture to me reading infront of the Wooster library's Twilight Sparkle "READ" poster.

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    39. AarabogaJune 23, 2011 at 12:40 PM

      I liked and left my "Salutations from Washington State"

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    40. ThesynJune 23, 2011 at 12:49 PM

      fuck yeah my little pony!

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    41. PinkemonJune 23, 2011 at 1:08 PM

      @Anonymous
      It's okay. I don't have a Facebook account either.

      I really dislike this new trend of internet attention-whoring. (HEY GUYS, I JUST ATE THIS FOR LUNCH! YOU PEOPLE SHOULD TOTALLY GIVE A CRAP!)

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    42. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 1:12 PM

      I think hasbro is trying to found out how huge our fanbase is. So, if it's liked enough, meaby Hasbro starts condsidering us worthy enough target group for merchandise.

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    43. Springtime BluesJune 23, 2011 at 1:14 PM

      I liked that page, so that I could like that like.

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    44. BagOfChipsJune 23, 2011 at 1:18 PM

      I dunno how to like that comment.

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    45. BagOfChipsJune 23, 2011 at 1:19 PM

      Oh, I had to like MLP first. Gotcha.

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    46. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 1:25 PM

      I was chatting with a girl I'm trying to date on Facebook when I saw this. I went offline and tried to hurry through liking the page and status, but she asked me about it when I came back.

      Feels bad, man.

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    47. AffixiationJune 23, 2011 at 1:46 PM

      Made a facebook account just to like. Brony pride.

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    48. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 1:49 PM

      Jayso, if you read this:

      Last month was pretty rich for many events regarding MLP community and
      the show. Hasbro launched some commercials aimed to non-TA (target
      audience) fans, opened Twitter and Facebook group. There even some new
      merchs and t-shirts appears on the horizon, made specially for
      "bronies".

      Within all those months some parts of the large MLP community
      very
      carefully watched all your public words or any words from any other
      team member regarding the show. But the question that did pop-up
      during all those events i mentioned never was answered: how all of
      this will affect the show, especially s02?

      You may be will be surprised but many fans in the community do not want
      any such fanservice or references to bronies in the show itself. And
      I'm not talking just about "Ponygoons" (part of the community that
      considered to be the "cleanest" one), but about some EqD crowd and
      4chan as well: http://i.imgur.com/qwquZ.png (4chan compilation, NSFW)
      They want to show be as it is, without any small "nods"
      to some fandom theories and memes, like: Trollestia, "leasbianship"
      ("shipping", relationship between characters in general) and
      "Cupcakes" (latter is fanfic, long story short: Pinkie goes
      crazy and torture and kills all her friends). While Derpy isn't
      something that anyone can be against, any small "nods" (we do
      understand that nothing can be added directly during post-production) to
      the things I mentioned is pretty much hurt much the show for MANY fans.

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    49. Vulcan539June 23, 2011 at 1:54 PM

      @Anonymous

      I have the same fears as mentioned, but I don't see Bronys having anything more then background nods in S02, such as Derpy or abacus appearing in the bg of episodes.

      I think this because the TA just wouldn't get it. And like you said would hurt the show for Bronys as well as the TA.

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    50. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 2:04 PM

      @Anonymous
      The fact that she's been watching your wall means that she's probably interested in you. Just play it cool and don't get embarrassed that she knows you like the show.

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    51. RandomjackJune 23, 2011 at 2:46 PM

      Were i on facebook, I'd like that

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    52. moerkoetJune 23, 2011 at 2:57 PM

      @Anonymous

      Don't worry too much about it, I don't think they would do such a thing, it would ruin the show.

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    53. JRJune 23, 2011 at 3:00 PM

      I have my privacy settings so locked down I could "Like" "murdering kittens with a chipper shredder" and one of my friends or relations would see it.

      Only use for facebook is to set up game nights and such, never post to my wall or put up photos at all.

      (BTW, they're closing in on 2000 "Likes" so Woo Hoo!)

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    54. SorrowfulJune 23, 2011 at 3:12 PM

      @Anonymous

      It's not entirely unreasonable -- I know Mattel has been marketing high-end "for the adult collector" edition Barbie for quite some time.

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    55. B-ManJune 23, 2011 at 3:27 PM

      http://imgur.com/0J06R.png

      Although the highlighted time of the original post is covering it, the above is a screenshot of 2000 likes, with times included to show just when it hit.

      In the time it took to edit this image together (mostly cropping and cutting and pasting my system's time into the comment box, the page has gotten another 23 likes.

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    56. EdinponyJune 23, 2011 at 3:30 PM

      I was like 1,999. Yay!

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    57. LiaJune 23, 2011 at 3:42 PM

      @B-Man
      Ahem. That doesn't show the amount of likes...

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    58. B-ManJune 23, 2011 at 4:09 PM

      @Lia

      I guarantee that's 2000 likes. It's me, a friend, and 1998 others.

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    59. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 4:42 PM

      2000 it's to little , come one guys don't be shy!

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    60. RockaboreJune 23, 2011 at 4:42 PM

      @Anonymous
      You've got to be kidding, right? So these people think just because Hasbro is aware of Bronies and has acknowledged it people are going all hipster-y about it and already thinking Season 2 is going to be bad before they even see it?! I think everybody should be smart enough to know that the jokes we have that might mess with the show's TA appeal aren't going to be canon or outright shown.

      And just FYI, Trollestia is /kind of/ based on canon. She likes to mess with her subjects, just look at "Bird in the Hoof" and "Ticket Master" or "The Best Night Ever". Cupcakes will NEVER be canon and I don't even think that it will ever be referenced (aside from the eerie parallels in "Party of One"). And the fandom will ALWAYS have shipping. Every fandom does. The creators and writers usually ignore this.

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    61. Fox E:June 23, 2011 at 5:43 PM

      @Rockabore Most bronies are old enough to remember shows across the past two decades that acquired a following similar to FiM, where the second, third etc. seasons were pretty much ruined by too much fan service.

      Not implying anything, mind, but it has happened before, and the fear is there that it could happen again.

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    62. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 6:32 PM

      Just tell Hasbro, we like the show the way it is, don't try and change the appeal.

      If it ain't broken don't fix it.

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    63. RockaboreJune 23, 2011 at 6:43 PM

      @Fox E:
      Good point, that makes me think of how Heroes started out with a bang, had tons of fans and the show made a big deal about fan involvement. But seeing how that eventually turned out I can see why it should make creative teams for popular shows use caution when they do have big involvement with fans.

      But, yeah, while it's possible that could happen with MLP:FiM, I don't see the point in so many fans getting so upset enough to expect the next season to fail before it's been given a chance. I just don't see the point in assuming the worst of a show that's been so fun.

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    64. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 11:31 PM

      if I actually used facebook, I would definitely do it!

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    65. AnonymousJune 24, 2011 at 3:44 PM

      @Anonymous

      >yfw "Home" and the bar on the right.
      >mfw
      >mfw I have no face

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    66. AnonymousJune 27, 2011 at 12:48 AM

      @Anonymous

      I reposted this in the "ask Jayson a question" article. I agree with you wholeheartedly. I don't think we should worry much since I can't think of too many shows that bowed to fanfic/shipping. Most shows normally let the creators make the show they want, not want the fans want. And I rather disassociate with the more radical and rabid fans. I think the Equestria Girls song went far enough. While I'm not against Derpy the character we have "created," but if Derpy ends up getting named Derpy Hooves in the show, I'm out. Ditzy Doo sounds much better and less controversial.

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