Asklemmy @lemmy.ml makingStuffForFun @lemmy.ml 1y ago

I'm obviously old. what is this "rule" trend I'm seeing everywhere on Lemmy?

As per the title. I'm obviously an old Bustard. Somebody please explain Rule to me.

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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
- And worth pointing out that Lemmy has a c/195 and a c/196.
  
  I blocked both of them because I just don't want to see that many memes and /new was full of posts in those two communities. But clearly a lot of people are enjoying those.
  
  Haha I'm having great fun over there but I can definitely see why you wouldn't want your feed full of that nonsense.
  
  I blocked them this morning. Didn’t want to but it was overwhelming.
  
  Thank you for this idea! I’ve been here like 24 hours and I’m already annoyed with them.
  
  Good thinking.
- Ok. But what was r/195?
  
  I saw someone else respond to this on an earlier thread that it was the dorm room number of the person who created it. The sub closed down and someone created a new one as 196. The rule has always been the same.
  
  And why did it shut down and have to be replaced by r/196 ?
- I'm more interested in Rule 34 TBH
The history: https://i.redd.it/lgpet1ydu2v71.png
it's the whole gimmick of a meme community called 196 where if you visit it, the one rule it has is that you have to post something before you leave
- Oh no, i broke the one rule.
  
  You had one job!
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/196 Rule: You must post before you leave.
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
- r196 is totally trending on tumblr
To an outsider it's basically just a meme sub, but almost all the post titles contain (or are just simply) the word "Rule".
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Based
Thanks for asking OP, I had no idea either.

I know on Tumblr it means 'if you laugh you have to reblog', but judging from the posts on here I didn't think it was the same
Lol it's so funny to read the comments about people being annoyed by 195 and 196. It's just old guys complaining that they don't get the joke lol.
thank you for asking this! I finally know now haha

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