As per the title. I’m obviously an old Bustard. Somebody please explain Rule to me.
Rule 196 is what I’m assuming you’re talking about. It was a subreddit that gained popularity due to only having one rule, which is to post before leaving. The sub started after it’s predecessor, r/195, was shut down by the moderators
The history: https://i.redd.it/lgpet1ydu2v71.png
thank you for asking this! I finally know now haha
It’s funny, I never saw 196 on reddit but it really makes an impact in this part of the fediverse!
fr they’re delivering the memes
ikr, their meme game is on point.
To an outsider it’s basically just a meme sub, but almost all the post titles contain (or are just simply) the word “Rule”.
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/196 Rule: You must post before you leave.
It’s annoying AF, much like the habit of people posting comments consisting of “Based” all over the place in recent times. The latter is dying down fortunately, and I hope the R meme meets a quick and painful death very soon.
It’s not really a meme. It’s from c/196, where the main rule is that you have to post something before you leave, hence why everything is named rule. If you block 196@lemmy.world and 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone that should deal with almost all of the rule posts.
The block feature is your friend. Use it liberally and don’t feel bad about it.
Seriously, if everyone blocked communities they disagree with or aren’t interested in instead of resorting to the old toxic behaviors that would be a huge improvement.
they are only posting the “rule posts” in 196 communities, mostly centered around lemmy.blahaj.zone, but there’s a couple of other splinter subs. If you just avoid 196 you wont see it.
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