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I've noticed a lot of posts that have the word "rule" added to it even when it doesn't seem to make sense. Sometimes I've even seen titles with only the word "rule". Anyone know what it's about?

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[-] Instigate@aussie.zone 28 points 1 year ago

Posts from communities such as 195 or 196 have one rule - you must post before you leave. As a result, they have a lot of low-quality shitposts with just ‘rule’ as the title - as in, ‘I’m only posting this to follow the rule’.

Click through to the community the post comes from and have a read of its sidebar if the content is confusing you; this might help illuminate why you’re seeing what you’re seeing.

[-] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Best answer

[-] Downcount@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I read the rule but I am still not understanding what the "leave" part means.

Leaving the 196 sub? Leaving what exactly?

[-] spindrift@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Like browsing the com, and then leaving, going back to your regular feed.

[-] Downcount@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Oookay. Sometimes I just feel I'm too old for this shit.

[-] yokonzo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It's mostly just a dumb fun thing I guess, noone takes it too seriously

[-] snailwizard@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

There was a community on the old site called 196, where the only “rule” was that you had to post something before leaving. It leaked over here because of a few splinter communities here popping up on the All feed, but if you look closer most of those posts will be to various 196 communities.

In other words, it’s not actually an enforceable rule, just one of those social things that pop up.

[-] Dazza@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

What does the 196 refer to?

[-] Instigate@aussie.zone 11 points 1 year ago

It’s an evolution of 195 - a sub created by roommates in the same dorm (room 195) to share memes with one another that ended up exploding. I believe there’s also 197 and maybe others created in the same vein.

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Huh, so thats where the number comes from. I had no idea

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