makingStuffForFunI'm obviously old. what is this "rule" trend I'm seeing everywhere on Lemmy?
Bappityit's the whole gimmick of a meme subreddit where if you visit it, the one rule it has is that you have to post something before you leave
f0kusRule 196 is what I'm assuming you're talking about. It was a subreddit that gained popularity due to only having one rule, which is to post before leaving. The sub started after it's predecessor, r/195, was shut down by the moderators
AFK BRB ChocolateAnd worth pointing out that Lemmy has a c/195 and a c/196.
I blocked both of them because I just don't want to see that many memes and /new was full of posts in those two communities. But clearly a lot of people are enjoying those.
Thank you for this idea! I’ve been here like 24 hours and I’m already annoyed with them.
DoucheAsaurusHaha I'm having great fun over there but I can definitely see why you wouldn't want your feed full of that nonsense.
TheGreenGolemAnd I love both of you!
Ok. But what was r/195?
abff08f4813cAnd why did it shut down and have to be replaced by r/196 ?
Reusing a comment i made a few days ago, "It's based off r/195, which was a sub where the main rule was that you had to make 1 post before leaving, that sub closed down a few years ago, then r/196 was made to replace it. IIRC r/195 was originally for some peoples apartment, with the name just being their apartment number. Eventually other people joined in because of the rule and it snowballed from there."
To add onto that, r/195 shut down because the mods didn't feel like running it anymore as it became to much to handle.
To add onto that, r/195 shut down because the mods didn't feel like running it anymore as it became to much to handle.
The shut down was a bit more cryptic, after ten years they just said the "experiment is over" and shut down lol
Thanks! That was a great read
demvoterI saw someone else respond to this on an earlier thread that it was the dorm room number of the person who created it. The sub closed down and someone created a new one as 196. The rule has always been the same.
livusIt's funny, I never saw 196 on reddit but it really makes an impact in this part of the fediverse!
r196 is totally trending on tumblr
fr they're delivering the memes
ikr, their meme game is on point.
KodachromeIt's annoying AF, much like the habit of people posting comments consisting of "Based" all over the place in recent times. The latter is dying down fortunately, and I hope the R meme meets a quick and painful death very soon.
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boopeditandnowOn what?
It's not really a meme. It's from c/196, where the main rule is that you have to post something before you leave, hence why everything is named rule. If you block [email protected] and [email protected] that should deal with almost all of the rule posts.
The block feature is your friend. Use it liberally and don’t feel bad about it.
Seriously, if everyone blocked communities they disagree with or aren’t interested in instead of resorting to the old toxic behaviors that would be a huge improvement.
SlowNPCBut then how would I find people to project my frustrations onto?
slicedcheesegremlinthey are only posting the "rule posts" in 196 communities, mostly centered around lemmy.blahaj.zone, but there's a couple of other splinter subs. If you just avoid 196 you wont see it.
jaythank you for asking this! I finally know now haha
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wildeaboutoskarThanks for asking OP, I had no idea either.
I know on Tumblr it means 'if you laugh you have to reblog', but judging from the posts on here I didn't think it was the same