Could anyone explain to me this whole "rule" thing?

Domille@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 36 points –

I keep seeing posts with just "rule" in the title and I am pretty sure I missed something. Would anyone care to explain to this millennial boomer what I missed?

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Near as I can tell, there are certain communities that have a "rule" that every time you browse that community, you must post something before you leave. This leads to a lot of low effort shitposting that I guess some people find fun but I just blocked those communities so my /All feed wasn't cluttered.

How can I block communities through wefwef? I can’t seem to find an option.

I’m not sure it’s a feature yet. If you find a way please let me know

Ditto - it was my favorite feature on Apollo, and I’m sure I’d like it in wefwef.

I followed someone's advice and spent some time on the main browser on my desktop and just blocked communities from there. Now they don't show up on my wefwef feed. :)

its just a rule for the 196 community. New folks saw it in thier ALL feed then went and did it in any community. Its turned into a "thing" for a bit.

Honestly, Ill take this over not pooping for days.

!196@lemmy.world

uuumm not pooping for days?

It's no longer the top post of all time for Lemmy!

https://lemmy.intai.tech/post/16733

thank you reddit flood #2 and welcome!

It’s no longer the top post of all time for Lemmy!

It was always destined to move to #2. After the three days had elapsed, of course.

as others have mentioned, its a quirk of the 196 community. 196 was one of the most active early communities to migrate from reddit, and as such a lot of people saw their posts in new.

You must include the word "rule" in every comment and post title on Lemmy to indicate that you accept the ToS :)