A YouTube content creator with that size would be heavily trusted at that point. If they don't abuse their abilities, I don't see why they shouldn't be considered. And while yes, I understand that people with more power should be scrutinized (which is what I'm doing with the mods here), if they have enough trust to where they can, again, be responsible with their influence, then they should be taken into consideration.
"Should that new game be accepted to the site just because it gained "meme popularity"?" Yes.
No, literally. Why shouldn't it be? If the game has a huge following to where major breakthroughs are made to get records with game, then yes it should be added. The mods shouldn't be having a stick up their ass just because a game is a "meme". By that definition, any games that have a devout meme culture status with a page on this website shouldn't be allowed.
Though if they're abandoned, shouldn't they be deleted since they are taking up resources?
Though wasn't the reasoning for adding the "Too short / trivial" rule was because of the server resources being wasted on those games. Wouldn't it be better to have that rule be retroactively applied, so that the server resources aren't hogged up by abandoned Atari Classic games / any other games that violate that rule? Maybe your analogy of the "site learning from its past mistakes" would make more sense if you guys actually take action with making the site better, from your perspectives.
And look, I get it, asset flip games that would take advantage of series squatting shouldn't be allowed on this site. Though if the game is covered to the point of YouTubers with millions of subscribers start speedrunning it (also with a huge community surrounding it currently), shouldn't that game be the exception to the rule?
(Also to add that do you remember what happened with Atari Classic games (e.g., 2600 titles)? Maybe a huge crash in 1983 due to a huge wave of low quality titles from that console?)
Again though, how about the many amounts of Classic Atari games that are "too short" by the moderator's standards. I would be fine with the rule if it was applied to all of the games on this site; even including classic Minecraft.
@DarQ_Massacres
Then how about Minecraft classic? There's literally nothing to do in this game:
Is there a grandfathering clause to these games? Do the rules not apply proactively?
Oh and how about the massive catalogue of Atari classic games? Aren't they considered "too short" to be on this website. Anyone can beat those games, on average, in about 5 - 10 minutes; which is the same time as MKODOK.
Dear mods,
If the game is "too short / trivial" to be added to this website, why is pencil sharpening allowed to have its own speedrun page?