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?
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.
What does the 196 refer to?
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.
Huh, so thats where the number comes from. I had no idea
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.
Yeah, I read the rule but I am still not understanding what the “leave” part means.
Leaving the 196 sub? Leaving what exactly?
Like browsing the com, and then leaving, going back to your regular feed.
Oookay. Sometimes I just feel I’m too old for this shit.
It’s mostly just a dumb fun thing I guess, noone takes it too seriously
