This thing *gestures, wildly flailing literally everywhere*. You know what I’m talking about. It’s taken over our Facebook feeds in record times. It’s gone from a light-hearted (yet ridiculous) thing to share on social media to a vehicle of seething hatred towards social media and meme culture to the latest bandwagon for political parties and ill advised brand social media managers.
It started out pretty innocently, with this basic meme.
Then Facebook profile personal information mining site in exchange for a crappy meme site Blobla, you could create your “Be Like Me”, which is randomly generated. This is mine:
…yeah.
It’s basically a thinly-veiled dig at anyone who uses their social media platform for something the creators deem “annoying” or “not smart”. And if you’ve got nothing better to share on Facebook than complaints about what other people share on Facebook, it’s probably time to get off Facebook.
But, as happens on the internet, it’s become it’s own thing — and in record time. It left Facebook, and hit the land of bad advertising choices, Twitter. It’s being used for everything from encouraging safe driving to, to activism, to promoting internet providers.
This is Bill.
Bill is everywhere.
Bill will be forgotten in a week.
Until then, choose the dropdown on Facebook to “hide all from Blobla” and say goodbye to Bill in your newsfeed.
On twitter, mute #BeLikeMe and #BeLikeBill
Bye, Bill.
This one is actually for a good cause:
#pilligapush #Pilliga @GregHuntMP #BeLikeBill @frogmouthfilms pic.twitter.com/Ai5ldJGRpq
— Amy Bell (@Daisycartoon) January 25, 2016
Gotta love that snark:
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Hail Satan:
I did it pic.twitter.com/tK1kyNmwAx
— Lance E. McDonald (@manfightdragon) January 25, 2016
#cosplayproblems:
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Uuuuuhhhhh:
RUN BRO RUUUUN. #BeLikeBill pic.twitter.com/SVOxPO7kUw
— Be like Bill (@belikebilI) January 24, 2016
NO;
Be smart like Bill,switch to @sprint @marceloclaure @ch117622 #BeLikeBill @Kpalet5 @sprintNEarea @kunletel @b_rez1 pic.twitter.com/eH9m4xeaQu
— SprintBowie (@sprintbowie) January 24, 2016
Bill is educational:
#auspol #auslaw why can’t we #BeLikeBill I mean #Sweden #BeLikeSweden pic.twitter.com/omvR21vZ0Z
— Cath Devine (@DevineBarrister) January 24, 2016
Okay, so promoting support for nurses is definitely a good thing:
We know you’re smart like Bill!
But there are many who aren’t 🙁
https://t.co/DwCyH4Z8gm
^Help others #BeLikeBill^ pic.twitter.com/UXK8eak7bB— WeNurses (@WeNurses) January 22, 2016
Bill is a model driver:
Rain is forecast for the next few days – if you’re out on the roads please #BeLikeBill pic.twitter.com/AK551STcMf
— Police Scotland (@policescotland) January 21, 2016
I want to be Uma Thurman when I grow up;
Pfffttt…. #KillBill pic.twitter.com/QqkE8DJQHu
— klubbkidd™ (@klubbkiddkl) January 25, 2016
THIS. FOREVER
#BeLikeBill pic.twitter.com/rTWMDIi64P
— Trudie Trewin (@Trudie_Trewin) January 25, 2016
I’ve think it’s lived a good life, but. #please #belike #done #BeLikeBill pic.twitter.com/qmMnRoEEun
— therealbaker (@Ewoek22) January 25, 2016