Gab CEO has a new illo of what he thinks his users are "fighting for" after the neo-Nazi illo

[highplainsdem]

he'd used earlier for an article on Gab.

My OP about the illo I'd found earlier:

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100214887228



Parlertakes tweet last night with Gab CEO's new illo:

Link to tweet

I wonder if someone pointed out to Andrew Torba, Gab's CEO, that the illo he was using earlier was basically a parody of what a German neo-Nazi party wanted, as we figured out in the replies in my earlier thread (see the subthread there starting with reply 12 from Iterate, whom I want to thank again for locating the source of that illustration).


Editing to add that I'm now positive Gab's CEO is embarrassed by the earlier illo, which had shown up in his tweet a week ago linking to that article and showing the Nazi-style illo.

Link to tweet

That tweet has now been deleted.

Here's the link to the article, showing the illo, This was uploaded to Gab early last month:


https://news.gab.com/2020/12/07/what-are-populists-fighting-for/

[ret5hd]

1. What is an illo?

[highplainsdem]

2. Illustration.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. "illo"? English is preferred here

I know some people like to message how cool they are by using ultra-modern slang, but in practice the ideas and information they are trying to communicate are better served by clear English and not obscure in-group signalling.

[highplainsdem]

4. "Illo" has been short for "illustration" for at least 50 years. I'm surprised to see any comments

on my use of the word here when there were no such comments on my previous OP with the word "illo" in the OP title.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Writers who write for their readers don't place potholes in their paths

My experience is far from definitive, but it is evidently not unique. I do a lot of reading from a large variety of sources, left, right, fiction, scientific, tweets by twits, essays, etc. I have never encountered "illo" before in my life.

I appreciate that apparently you have taught me a new word, but your unexplained usage of it did deflect me from whatever it was that you were trying to say in your Original Post.

[edhopper]

6. I take it you are in commercial art or publishing

so illo is a common phrase for us. But I guess it is not in the general public.

[highplainsdem]

10. My recollection is that it was already in common use when I was in high school in the 1960s.

I probably saw or heard it most often in reference to "magazine illos." But you didn't have to be working in commercial art or publishing to hear about it. It was standard usage.

[edhopper]

16. The funny thing about this complaint

is DU is so rife with internet shortcuts I never heard of and there are no complaints about them.

IMHO. :p

[highplainsdem]

17. Exactly.

[highplainsdem]

19. SMH.

[edhopper]

23. LOL

I had to look that one up.

[highplainsdem]

24. So did I, a while back, after seeing it here.

[highplainsdem]

12. I just googled the keywords

magazine illos

and came up with 407,000 results.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. It's a brand name and a studio

https://www.illosketchbook.com/

https://illo.tv/ (blank to me)

[highplainsdem]

9. It apparently became a brand name because of the meaning of illo, its common use for illusrations.

[AmyStrange]

8. +100000000000000000000000000000000 x 2

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some people just like to complain.

I understood what you meant.
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[highplainsdem]

14. Thank you!

[sir pball]

21. GenX here, never heard of it.

And even for my peers I'm pretty knowledgeable with TLAs/contractions/slang. You're definitely using an obscure Boomer term, said without prejudice.

[highplainsdem]

22. It's not obscure, let alone "obscure Boomer." I just checked Twitter and

it's all over Twitter as part of the Twitter handle for artists. And it shows up in lots of posts from people who are fans of anime and other types of illustration, and I'd guess the majority of those aren't Boomers.

[sir pball]

28. I haven't been a weeb in 15 years or so

But when I was into anime big, mid-90s to mid-00s, it was definitely not a thing. Never heard it in my photography circles either, but I'm admittedly not super deep into that community. Googling (for me, at least) "illo illustration" gets a first page of six illustration agencies, two sketchbook companies, and the Urban Dictionary page - it's not widely enough used to even get an auto-definition at the top of the search results.

Sorry, but it *is* a term of art, used in certain communities but obscure outside those groups. Not the end of the world, but not something you probably want to casually drop in subject lines, either - I catch myself having to correct chef/kitchen slang a lot.

[edhopper]

29. It's not a "boomer term"

though it is probably more common in the publishing and commercial art world.

And the things Gen X don't know can fill a library. And get off my lawn!!

[mackdaddy]

15. I had not idea what an "illo" was.

It is akin to people using obscure TLA's.

(Three Letter Acronym)

[highplainsdem]

18. I've had to look up a lot of acronyms here, but it would never have occurred to me that it would

be okay to snipe at the person who posted them.

And in this case the meaning of illo is also clear from the OP. While it wasn't from various posts using acronyms I had to look up.


Editing to add that I don't consider YOUR post "sniping" -- I'm referring to some other comments posted here.

[AmyStrange]

20. I created a glossary for THAT very reason...

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the Democraticunderground.com (Unofficial) information Glossary (Dictionary):

http://dug.amystrange.org/

This might help you in the future and thanks for sharing.
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[edhopper]

30. QFT

[rusty fender]

27. Yes!

I hate that crap

[NameAlreadyTaken]

11. Are Democrats going to make those 4 things illegal?

[highplainsdem]

13. It would be news to me. But as I suggested in the OP, I think Gab's CEO was

desperately trying to find a substitute for the Nazi-style illo he'd used earlier to show what he believes they're "fighting for."

[BlueIdaho]

25. If that was all I was fighting for

I’d throw myself off a cliff.

[Iggo]

26. No, "illo" is not a common or well-known word. Stop saying it is.

Also, your message about nazis talking about nazis got lost in the “illo.”

Wait, am I using it right?