The idea came to Croitoru after posting a similar stick figure meme on his gaming page Videogamemes. The “Be Like Bill” version blew up so he and Nath made a separate page from there.

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But in the free memeconomy, Nath insists, only the best memes rise to the top – and sure enough, offshoots of the meme that subvert Bill seem to be getting more shares and posts on Facebook now.

Be Like Bill memes use a stick figure to urge against oversharing online; But people are fed up with craze and believe Bill should be killed off; New memes show stick man being slaughtered by Uma ...

The passive-aggressive message has annoyed many people and led to the creation of a counter meme "Don't be like Bill or Emily."However, it seems there is no stopping the stick figure, as over the ...

Since Jan. 7, his stick-figured visage has attracted an audience of more than 1 million on an English-language Facebook fanpage, as well as fellow audiences in Spanish, Italian, Malaysian and Arabic.

Bill does not forward chain emails. He does not take duck-faced selfies or click into schemes from Nigerian princes. He certainly doesn't play Candy Crush, Instagram his lattes or post vague ...

An example of the "Be Like Bil"l meme. Bill does not forward chain emails. He does not take duck-faced selfies or click into schemes from Nigerian princes. He certainly doesn't play Candy Crush ...

Since Jan. 7, his stick-figured visage has attracted an audience of more than 1 million on an English-language Facebook fanpage, as well as fellow audiences in Spanish, Italian, Malaysian and Arabic.