The latter has just happened.
23 tv shows, 9 movies, 28 celebrities, 9 tv show characters, 4 bands, and 7 other random communities, all with this one idea: each week, three screen captures of the subjects, to be made into static (non-animated) icons, judged by the community.
Whoa. Obsession is an ugly thing. And, as Oscar Wilde once said, "Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative." Sad to see such mediocrity not only spread but condoned and promoted...but I can't say I'm surprised. It's just another symptom of the general state of humanity.