I don't know what everyone means when they use 'rule' in the title and at this point I'm too afraid to ask. Please enlighten me.
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2024
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- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
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Isn't it a rule to have rule in the title as well?
It’s not, but it’s become sort of a de-facto tradition to cite the fact that you are posting because of the rule by adding the word “rule” cleverly (or, sometimes, not-so-cleverly) to the title
It is actually in the rules now
If you're talking about Lemmy's 196, it's not a rule and never was for us. "Post before you leave" is a "rule" but titling it rule is not. It's just an injoke.
It actually was, in one of the stickied posts. Looks like it's been replaced though.