It would be nice if there would be attribution for reposts. Maybe subreddits and such could do weekly / monthly / annual / all-time highlights? Feel like I need to say that I hate FB and deleted mine, BUT the "memories" thing could be interesting in a place like Reddit or Lemmy.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What if I saw it elsewhere and posted it? I wouldn’t know it was a repost. And I expect that is what is mostly happening.

[–] Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It actually doesn't really bother me, especially with memes and random internet content like that. I've seen posts on Reddit that were actual art, where the title of the repost implies the poster created the art and that it's not a repost. It's lame for a few reasons, such as commenters trying to engage with the alleged creator and the OP not replying, then people finding out it's a repost, etc. But, honestly, whatever.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

There are some things actually repostet to death and need a cooldown.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 0 points 3 months ago

Definitely don't let these types get into publishing! 😬 Lol

[–] SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 31 points 3 months ago

Obviously a repost

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not that I'm defending the behavior, but what more elaboration is needed? They've seen it before, that's all they're saying

[–] lauha@lemmy.one 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes it is abrepost even when I just made it myself.

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 3 months ago

Ah, well, just tell them it's OC and moonwalk away

(Or ignore, don't feed the trolls and all that)

[–] EnsignRedshirt@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Memes are reposts! That's their defining characteristic! They become memes by being reposted! If they didn't get reposted, they would not be memes!

[–] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

Memes are in fact iterative so the more reposts we have, the more weird new memes we get. ‘S wild.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

imagine someone being so self centered that they think everyone has seen every meme theyve seen.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's such a Reddit thing. I'd almost forgotten that there were people whose only contribution to the site culture was to remind people how cool they were because they'd already seen everything.

God I love hexbear.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's so fucking true.

I am so happy I already forgot about those redditisms.

[–] Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

I remember when i was on digg before v4 and all these cunts would be like i saw this on reddit

[–] Shieldtoad@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is a repost and I have the proof right here.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Thanks to whatever app I'm using for showing the thumbnail of links, I'm never gonna give me what?! I still have the music in my head now!

[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Wow, awesome, like we haven't already seen this post 15 times in the last 2 weeks. Nice low effort repost, "OP"!

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah, yes. The Repost Police. A group of individuals out to inform everyone that they're proud of spending far too much time on socials, even though no one cares to know.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

You make OC? Believe it or not, still a repost.

[–] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nice riposte, OP.

[–] comrade19@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are there bots on lemmy? I didn't like the idea of those repost bots on reddit.

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Some clients will highlight bots

If you go to lemmy.world on a browser you can hide accounts that have flagged themselves as bots

I have bot accounts hidden because during the Reddit Exodus there was so many bots posting content form reddit to ideally drive engagement and discussion but no one commented so they just felt spammy to me

Hopefully this makes sense I had to stop mid sentence to do something and I’m too tired to proof read

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Repost bots existed to farm karma to sell the accounts for advertising purposes. The bots that mark themselves as such wouldn't repost (other than the reddit-to-lemmy bots you mentioned, but that's not really reposting anyways)

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

My favorite is when it's something I made myself, how is it a repost?

[–] rand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 3 months ago

Isn't this why reverse image search exists? Some people are just assholes, but there are tools to help you find a source.

[–] linkhidalgogato@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

repost downvoted

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 3 months ago

dupe dupe dupe

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah because everyone gladly spends a few hours of theit time searching for a meme they have seen somewhere a year ago...

[–] Fleur__@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I'm an original meme purist. I wish id never seen any filthy reposted meme even if I hadn't seen it before. I only want Virgin memes, straight from the source

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Soooo, would this be a riposte to a repost?

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

It's like the terminally online equate their filling out a meme template to sculpting a Michaelangelo.