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    $\begingroup$ +1, but perhaps borderline as asked right now (the popular confetti question had the same issue and was edited to be a bit more specific...) $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 3, 2013 at 18:40
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    $\begingroup$ Agree with Yves... AFAICT this "letter-fall" has no real application, so if you're just asking how to reproduce a particular visual effect then it's too localized almost by definition. Notice that the example you give for comparison avoids punctuation, but includes Hebrew, Greek, and Cyrillic letters; the darker columns also appear to be blurred. This might make it more visually interesting. $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 3, 2013 at 19:05
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    $\begingroup$ Yes, it's just for fun. Just like snow fall, confetti question, animated avatar, fountain effect so on. I don't see any problem on that. $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 3, 2013 at 19:56
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    $\begingroup$ I don't personally object to the question, but until now there seemed to be a firm concensus that "how do I draw a certain arbitrary figure/visual effect" isn't a sufficiently general topic to justify its posting here and we should not allow such questions to proliferate much further than the above examples. Far from wishing to spoil anyone's fun, my point is simply that if new users are going to get downvoted into oblivion for such questions, we should be consistent in our treatment. I didn't downvote either, but I do think it's TL. $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 4, 2013 at 12:07
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    $\begingroup$ @OleksandrR. Hi. In your example (I draw a certain ...) in my opinion the major problem is the fact that the user didn't try to work on the question, and the question itself if boring. He just asks for some solution from zero. I believe that questions like Matrix, XKCD and so one, are important in the capture and motivation of new MMA/SE users, and should be officially allowed. I recognize that is't difficult to objectively apart good from bad ones, but maybe we can let votes work for it. $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 4, 2013 at 12:16