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XaeroDegreaz ,

They are locations that you automatically block once you set up your Lemmy account. They are subs used to test that your Lemmy feed, and blocking mechanism, is working in your client.

thenyaaho ,

Uh huh. Why even lie? Just say you don’t like the communities.

Ilikepornaddict ,

That’s what I did on most of my accounts, the place just doesn’t make any sense, yet keeps filling my feed.

Rebels_Droppin ,
@Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world avatar

195 was a general dump anything and everything subreddit. Went on a for a long while like 5+ years, started buy a guy and his roommate matt. Suddenly like 2018 a message appeared sticked to the top that said “social experiment completed” and the sub was locked. People moved to both 196 and 197. At the end of 195 it shifted more twords right wing bigotry type memes and screenshots. 196 added a rule to the only rule, bigotry screenshots were restricted to Saturdays which filtered out a lot of hateful content and the void of which was filled with positive more uplifting screenshots and memes. Without the fear of opening up a post and having it be the most bigoted take on something and calling it a meme the posters were able to put out their pride without the fear of hate in return.

The users who wanted to post the bigoted memes went to 197 since they were restricted to Saturdays only. Helped create a divide in 195s two posting groups and overall make 196 the place to be.

Sorry for wall of text but finally some niche lore I could contribute to.

jws_shadotak ,

The actual origin iirc was from some roommates that used their room number as the name of the sub where they shared memes.

floey ,

195 wasn’t even meme oriented like 196. I remember there being a lot of screenshots as if people just pasted whatever was in their clipboard.

JoelJ ,

Do the numbers themselves have any specific origin or meaning?

chrizbie OP ,
@chrizbie@lemmy.nz avatar

Oh good it sounds like I did exactly what I was suppose to lol

Grey ,

It’s from reddit, /r/195 and later /r/196 (and much later /r/19684) are subreddits where the only rule is if you visit, you have to post. That’s why a lot of posts have the title “rule”. It’s a general shit posting meme community that’s attracted leftists and trans folks, but that’s more from natural evolution than any specific reason.

DLSchichtl ,

As for the rule, “once entering the community you must post before leaving.” This leads to folks slow dumping their meme folders. It’s like shitposting, but there is no driving need to make it shitty.

Ilikepornaddict ,

I feel like most people just ignore, or are unaware, of that rule. I definitely didn’t know about it, I’ve been to 196 a few times and never posted (and likely never will). My point is that most of those “rule” posts are likely regular users adding another meme layer to their shitpost.

AlmightySnoo ,
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what is with the constant mention of ‘rule’?

the rule is that if you open the community, then you’re obligated to post something before you leave

theKalash ,

I think it’s just shitposting.

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