i can’t stand megathreads – no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!

  • mamaMiata@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 years ago

    This may be an unpopular option since I’ve already seen it across lemmy, but the ____porn communities. I’d like to browse pictures of nice landscapes or exotic cars without worry about someone around me noticing “PORN” on my screen.

    At this point it seems very old internet, something that made sense when those communities were established, but now is unnecessary gratuitous and not socially acceptable.

    • Skiv@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Damn, I had forgotten how obnoxious that was on Reddit. Blocked all of those years ago because it was just unnecessary and a gross way to qualify otherwise unremarkable photos.

      • z500@startrek.website
        1·
        2 years ago

        It never bothered me per se, but it’s definitely awkward to come across some chapter of human suffering on r/HistoryPorn.

    • DrMango@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      I saw a post about a community created here called “pixel passport” which I thought was a hell of a lot better that “earth porn.”

        • Asraelite@lemmy.ml
          1·
          2 years ago

          Voat, when it was still around, had this same discussion and settled on using _Pix for everything.

          • systemglitch@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 year ago

            What a wild site that was, some real loons were on it, but I did appreciate the fact it wasn’t so overly moderated. At the end though it just felt like a sanctuary of hate that had driven out most of the sane people.

  • Countess425@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 years ago

    When people turn a popular post into an Oscars Acceptance Speech

    ETA: wow thanks for the upvotes!

    ETA2: omg my first gold award?? I couldn’t have made it without my mom and Jesus through whom all things are possible

    • Provoked Gamer@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 years ago

      This.

      ETA: thanks for one upvote!😃

      ETA2: thanks for two upvotes!😀😀

      ETA3: woah?! 3?!?!?! thanks for three upvotes!😁😁😁

      ETA4: this is more upvotes than I have money in my bank account! thanks for four upvotes!💵💵💵

      ETA5: INASANE!!! thanks for five upvotes!😍😍😍

      ETA6: I’ve never had more than SIX!!! thanks for six upvotes! 😱😱😱😱😱

      ETA7: thanks for seven upvotes! I want to thank my mom, my brother, Jesus, Scott, Bill Gates, and my cat!!!🤗🤗

      ETA8: What? Why y’all downvoting me now? Bring it back to seven!😤😤😤

      ETA9: Unbelievable. -400 upvotes now. I lost my house, my car, and my job because of this! 😔😔😣😖😖😖😭😭

      /s

    • Psythik@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 years ago

      I also hate “happy cake day”, and “this”. Especially “this”. It’s a worthless comment that adds nothing more to the discussion than a simple upvote.

    • tarjeezy@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      For a second, I seriously thought the fediverse logo next your username was an award 😂

      • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Hey, it can be one if you believe it! It’s well-deserved commendation for your contribution to the Fediverse.

    • Stefh@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      😂 this really annoys me on Quora. I never understood why one feels the necessity to do so.

  • throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 years ago

    Karma-whoring. It’s already started with the stupid “upote my can of beans” posts… Dude nobody cares about your internet points, either activity participate or fuck off to Instagram.

    • aleph@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 years ago

      r/moderatepolitics was the worst for that.

      Their moderation policy basically allowed any abhorrent view as long as it was expressed in a “civil” manner.

      Trolls and racists could say things like “well, in my humble opinion, black people are just inherently violent and unintelligent” and anyone who got irate and called them out would get a warning and/or banned.

  • I Like Eggs@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    Photos of people’s wives or girlfriends - often taken without their wife or girlfriend’s consent - playing video games, with vaguely condescending titles about it “only being the Sims / Animal Crossing” and half the replies being absolutely vile. As a Woman Who Plays Video Games, it was awfully annoying.

  • Zozano@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    Please don’t let /c/asklemmy become like /r/askreddit, which had half of the front-page posts being the same sex related questions every month.

    “Women of reddit, what non sexual thing that guys so makes you horny?”

    “What is the sexiest thing you regret doing?”

    “How many cocks have you sucked while your cat judges you while waiting for you to feed it?”

    It was bullshit.

  • radiosimian@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    Least original post: the dumbass comments parroting the same joke from 2018. It’s not even bots, it’s the zeitgeist and it’s only gonna get worse. Insert ‘old_man_shouts_at_sky.gif’

  • UnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zone
    1·
    2 years ago

    /r/MadeMeSmile portrayed toxic positivity which felt out of touch with reality.

    “I made my bed today. First time in 14 years 🙂”

    • 45 thousand likes and 2 thousand comments.
  • meisme@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    “Sir, you have just won the internet” “Thanks for the gold kind stranger” “I too choose this guy’s [placeholder]” And the other corny overused reddit lines

  • I Like Eggs@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    The ragebait fake text message screenshots that plague subs like antiwork.

    Wow, your dickhead boss is stupid enough to put all of that in writing and has the exact same style of writing, spelling and grammar as you do? Isn’t that a coincidence!