/r/dankmemes Upvote Arrow Color Debate

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/r/dankmemes Upvote Arrow Color Debate refers to a series of posts in Reddit's /r/dankmemes subreddit in early March of 2019 in which users debated if the upvote arrow on the site was red or orange.

Origin

On March 1st, 2019, Redditor AverageMondayCrusade^[1] posted an Are You Delusional meme in /r/dankmemes about people who claim the upvote arrow is red, gaining over 20,000 points (shown below).

Spread

On March 4th, Redditor FishFireTritonBoyYT posted a numerical proof that the button was slightly more orange than red, gaining over 60,000 points (shown below, left). This helped ignite a series of very popular posts on the subreddit pertaining to a supposed debate about the color of the upvote button. murlockerLOL posted a similar version of the Dr. Phil meme, gaining over 12,000 points (shown below, right).

The meme saw some spread outside of /r/dankmemes. For example, a post in /r/memes using a Wojak about the debate gained over 11,000 points (shown below, left). Another post in that subreddit pointed out that both the site's logo and the arrow used the same hue of orange (shown below, right).

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