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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] remon@ani.social 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I remember it from early StarCraft, where balance patches would often "shift the meta" making some build and strategies so good (or bad) that you basically had to use them (or couldn't use them) if you wanted to be competitive.

[–] watson@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So, it was actually in the game? The term β€œMeta” in this context?

I’m curious about the origin of the term, so if it came from star craft, that would be the answer I’m looking for.

[–] remon@ani.social 6 points 2 months ago

So, it was actually in the game? The term β€œMeta” in this context?

It's more like knowing that "people online will do that, so I have to do this". The mind game between the players. But I think you already got some better answers.

I don't think it originated from StarCraft, that's just where I recall first hearing it.