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[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 96 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I fail to see how sharing memes is a bad thing. Lemmy is a great community, its leagues better than what Reddit was, even in its heyday, and certainly better than the shit-buffet it has become.

While OC is great, it's really tough to make, especially at the frequency needed to provide new content and keep people interested. Further, 90% (or something) of people on here lurk, with the remaining 10% split between commentators and posters.

Don't like it? Vote with your feet.

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

hi, yes, piece of shit here

where do I get more of them cute doggy memes with the subtle threats in those stylistic fonts

Also, like what breed of dog is that

[–] imaqtpie@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I feel like you're probably joking but that's a possum, not a doggo.

I was gonna make a joke about not trying to pet one of those or you might get rabies, but it actually seems that they have natural resistance to rabies and are generally pretty chill animals. TIL.

https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/what-do-about-opossums

[–] tourist@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Managed to confuse someone besides myself while high

fuck yeah I think that could be an achievement

business acumen or something idk I'm high as fuck

tldr yeah was just being silly I know those aren't dogs.

...

While looking for an opossum meme on my phone, not finding it between all the Luigi Mangione memes, and taking one from Google images instead, I had an introspective thought. Apologies if the confusion thing came off as rude. I did not intend to insult you, I just intended on celebrating my silly.

With high doses of cannabis, for me, it's "think fun thoughts = feel good feelings". Sorry if I made you feel bad feelings. You got a really cool instance name, if that could possibly lift the mood and undo emotional damage. Also, I'm not just saying that. It's cyberpunk af which is sick as hell homie

an image of an opossum, "I captioned one day I'll shut up. Not today though." By the way, sorry if this is bad etiquette for accessibility use, but could you let me know if I can provide any help as someone with some JavaScript programming experience. I promise to not be intentionally cognitively quagmired.

(As caused by my mind-altering chemical intake)

(That previous additional caption joke was a coincidence, I did not know what the caption was before writing the accessibility description)

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[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Possums are awesomes! Possums eat ticks and other stuff you don't want around and are immune to rabies. Good animal to share space with.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If reposting memes, then why not do a quick reverse image search and grab a better version, as well? It seriously only takes mere seconds most of the time.

Tineye works great, but there's also Google reverse image search when that doesn't provide the results you hope for.

Not only does this generally improve the experience for everyone, but it also makes the platform much more appealing to outsiders that care about quality and will drive more quality users to Lemmy. On top of quality, but also things like links to and information about the creators, which is especially important for things like comics because the more people that know where to find the creators the more those creators can keep making their art.

Obviously, I do my best to contribute to this, but the more people that join in the better.

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[–] CaptnKarisma@lemmy.ml 60 points 2 weeks ago

eh Im just happy yall are here

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago

I see we got reddit's whining about reposts.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Perfect post 5/7 score! The narwalls bacon at midnight! Did your mom break both your arms?

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Don’t forget Natalie Portman covered in hot grits along with Natalie Dormer and a clone of the former.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Isn't Natalie Portman and grits originally from Slashdot?

[–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It happened closer to the construction of the Great Pyramids than to today.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I know the rest of them, but not that one.

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

sigh unzips

[–] kernelle@0d.gs 5 points 2 weeks ago

Something something jolly ranchers

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

There's a simple reason why reposts will always happen, never stop: different people have seen different things. Your reposts are other people's never-seen-before content.

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

insert xkcd 10,000 people obligatory everything is a repost

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[–] verstra@programming.dev 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, switching from reddit to lemmy gives a "old internet" wibe: actual people, most of them technically inclined. But with more adoption, these people get diluted by all other kinds of folks.

Same happened with cypto scene. It started with cythography entusiasts, but now it is mostly tech bros.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's easy to avoid redditization: just stay away from the "general interest" instances because reddit or facebook will always do general interest better than any platform run by volunteers w almost no budget.

[–] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

"Just stay away* will only bring it in faster. You need resistance

It's like when Mom says "just ignore the bullies" a strategy that bullies thrive on because they can bully and know you'll walk away

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago

Pick a smaller, focused website and focus on Local. Then you can ignore what's going on elsewhere.

Lemmy isn't a community, it's a technology. And ActivityPub is madw with the goal of letting anyone and everyone use it and participate. Just like HTTP. Griping because "the wrong kind of people are showing up" is the kind of thing the wrong kind of people do.

You don't get to build your gate in the public square.

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You might be seeing posts from the 196 community, which recently split up (personally, I had the old ones blocked and then due to it splitting, the new 196 community showed up in my feed).

The 196 community is very much about quantity-over-quality, when it comes to posts, and as such reposts do happen often, too.
No shade on that, but it's also not for everyone, so yeah, you might want to just block those communities.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

196 wouldn't be as bad if the user base across all communities were higher. But yeah, I've blocked that community. It's a nice community but it adds too much noise.

[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 22 points 2 weeks ago

Bitching about reposts is of course very original

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I am a serial crossposter. And I'll keep crossposting whether you like it or not. You will not see OC from me, my friend.

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[–] President@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

How to about that bot that reposts r/buildapc? What even is the point of reposting people's questions if they they're on another platform and won't see the it?

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

I have blocked most bots that regurgitate Reddit content, you should try it because it's make for a more genuine experience when browsing All.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You mean that feddit or whatever instance? I see the point as just sharing content. Sad no one comments lol

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

lemmit.online? I think it was the first instance I blocked that hadn't been defederated by my admins.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ah yes. Why block it? You use all a lot?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah I almost always use either All or Local, or head straight to a specific community. Very rarely browse my Subscribed communities here on Lemmy…it's just a habit I got into after I switched and never got out of.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah okay, then that makes sense. I wish I could browse all... cries in individual instance.

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[–] colforge@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

I use All all the time unless I’m looking for content on a specific topic. And yeah I block the regurgitators for sure.

[–] Darkenfolk@dormi.zone 12 points 2 weeks ago

I rather have a repost instead of all these motherfuckers only posting a link to some external website which throws a 404 error.

[–] Draces@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Then down vote it? Isn't that the point of that button? I'm assuming a big problem with Reddit was they wanted controversial posts seen which took away from the power of down voting but hopefully Lemmy doesn't? I don't actually know though

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (10 children)

Ahhh, the rallying cry of "just downvote it". I'd insert the "this your first time?" gif here if I could. Leaving a community to self moderate invariably turns into a popularity contest, and then when one group eventually takes over, an echo chamber usually filled with the same regurgitated spam. "If you don't like it just downvote it" or it's reverse "well it has a lot of upvotes, so someone must like it"(welcome to why we have so many bots today....) always ends up catering to the terminally online at the detriment of the average person. People far too often will speak with absolute confidence about things they have never even experienced, but because it's well formatted, it's sent to the top. The Gell-Mann Amnesia effect describes this in part.

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

no_nothing demands only original trash for cm002 to regurgitate

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I accept reposts are a part of the fediverse because every instance will have the same damned memes and since I'm federated with quite a few of them, I'm just gonna have to deal with it. Just my take.

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[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Kinda like the guy that was posting daily screenshots of his gaming sessions that spawned like, three copycats this past summer?

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[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe this already exists, but what about a feature which allows tagging a post as a link to a previous/original post, which can be used by clients to filter out reposts if desired.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

That's literally the meaning of meme or memetic; ideas are passed on like a virus. I know it's annoying to repost memes but that is the circle of memes xD

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

There's stuff I wouldn't see otherwise because I'm not on other networks. I'm fine with bringing stuff here from elsewhere.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Moderation is a necessary evil. Otherwise everything becomes /r/Funny with different decor.

[–] rony4102@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

I've enabled option that won't show read posts, cool thing actually

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

only one message for reposters: if you didn't make it, don't post your lazy regurgitated trash

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