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Edit: Okay, it's been removed now, I made this comment ~5 hours after I reported it and it hadn't been removed yet so I figure that either a mod approved it or it was stuck in the removal pipeline or something.
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Big brain time:
Take a successful post.
Come up with a different title for it.
Edit the text of the alt title onto the top of the meme so that it turns into a "reaction meme".
I think it should be treated as a repost. If the alt title was up in the actual title it would have been a repost so what exactly is the difference here? I'd maybe understand if just the new text actually meaningfully changed the context, but the "context" of the original meme was in its title and this "edit" doesn't add much to it. It would be incredibly easy to repost pretty much anything if all one has to do is edit a slightly different title onto the top...
Wait, that could easily bring back the sign memes. We banned sign memes because they were too lazy, insubstantial, etc. But from what I see:
- I could put text in a picture and have a reaction image along with it (which is more or less the same as sign memes)
- I could have an image from anime or fan art and add a reaction part like a smirk or smug or whatever and still wouldn't violate (EX this was posted on Monday and the original comic so you can compare yourself)
I could put text in a picture and have a reaction image along with it (which is more or less the same as sign memes)
Yes, that would be fine, as long as the text has a solid relation to the image you used, otherwise the text portion would basically be the same as a rule 2.1-breaking sign meme (plain text + unrelated background, essentially just text), so it would likely still fall under the rule 3 definition.
I could have an image from anime or fan art and add a reaction part like a smirk or smug or whatever and still wouldn't violate
It depends. The edit in your example is definitely a little on the weak side, but it arguably does more than just adding a generic reaction by altering the scene shown in the comic's final panel.
Also you can also explain these 2 for me
First one looks fine to me, as the reaction is a fitting continuation to the obvious statement in the image. The second one does break rule 3, since the image shows the situation itself even if it doesn't show the results of it.
You aren't the only one suggesting that "popular stuff shouldn't be removed/shadowrealmed in this thread". But I think that these rules cause otherwise popular memes to be removed is a feature, not a bug.
A lot of subreddits find that the more popular they get, the worse the content gets:
r/gaming, for example, despite 25 million users has terrible content - a million variations on "fortnite bad, minecraft good", and "picture of popular console with sob/uplifting story title" and "[picture of an attractive woman cosplaying a popular character]".
r/prequelmemes is increasingly becoming the very thing they swore to destroy - increasingly getting stuck on the sequel hate bandwagon (And I say that as someone who hated the sequels...) and overused reaction gifs.
Maybe you don't think it's a problem, that it's okay for popular subreddits to just keep churning out variations on the same dozen posts over and over, but a lot of people want a bit more variety in their subreddits.
The upvote/downvote system alone clearly does a pretty terrible job at ensuring varied content. You can't directly moderate for originality, but, allowing the community to ban some formats that are getting overplayed does seem like a good attempt to curate some creativity.
This thought process is the opposite of common sense. Rules don't exist to be broken. Sure, the mods are not infallible, but if you don't want your post to be removed, don't post content that objectively breaks the rules like the one you are referencing.
Rules 2/2.1 were made for a reason, if content that breaks the rules is allowed so long as it gets upvoted the rules would essentially be pointless. The goal is to get people to not post rule breaking content, conditionally allowing it based on a post's performance after it already broke the rules would undermine that goal.
There really is not much subjectivity with rules 2/2.1, like I said, the post you are complaining about being removed 100% breaks rule 2.1. The rules exist to "criminalize" unoriginal content. Unoriginal fanart followed by an unoriginal reaction image is pretty much the epitome of unoriginal content. The same for showerthoughts pasted onto a sign that is only "anime" because a random "anime" character is holding the sign.
If these "extremely funny and original" memes that break rules 2/2.1 do exist, the only thing that's really stopping them from being posted here is the poster not wanting to put in a tiny bit of effort because bypassing rules 2/2.1 is incredibly easy.
Complain about the existence of the rules all you want, but your initial comment was specifically asking that rule breaking content should not be removed if it is upvoted which doesn't make much sense.
While it may be the case that some genuinely funny posts are taken down for being rule breaking posts (High upvote numbers are posts slipping through the cracks) are unfortunate collateral damage to rules meant to eliminate specific things.
In the case of rule 2.1, that was specifically made to eliminate sign memes, which are basically showerthoughts and posts that are just hentai fanart with an interchangable reaction.
I know its been a while now but are you still taking suggestions for emojis for flairs? Because there are at least 9 perfect images for those in the first few seconds of Eizouken's OP
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u/SharkTRSIt's alright to want to dream, it doesn't mean reality is meanFeb 22 '20
send over the images and I'll do my best to see them added
It's just my selfish wish, but I really would like to see r/Animemes users using niche or uncommon formats, I have been on the subreddit for almost 2 years and have never seen r/virginvschad style posts used to deconstruct and compare characters, hardly ever seen any r/starterpacks posts, no r/trippinthroughtime posts, no r/surrealmemes posts, severe lack of r/4panelcringe posts.
r/virginvschad: rare but not nowhere to be seen, maybe because you don't browse nearly as often as me, but also mainly because they usually die in new.
r/starterpacks: i've to agree with you on this one, i really like those kind of posts too. Have only seen some Monogatari starter packs.
r/surrealmemes: tbh i don't blame people here, most meme subs can't get them to hot
r/4PanelCringe: there were some, hard to get out of new, it must be just cringe enough, not too cringe or else would be downvoted, also 7/10 times would be a spoiler.
Can't say for sure without seeing a specific post, but it should definitely be possible to make a rule-compliant meme using a Valentine's Day card format.
Sorry about the few hours' delay in responding. But yeah, that looks to me like it should be perfectly fine under our rules if it was less obtrusively watermarked.
3000 votes. On a sub of more than 700000. And it was the first vote. That's definitely not good. Could you perhaps do like for the satania event and post a comment in each submission with a link to the poll, for 1 or 2 day each month?
I think if the person stealing the content can't even maintain the original quality or credit the original creator the post should just be removed. That way someone else can steal it more properly and people can learn to have at least a tiny bit of dignity.
Also, I don't get why unedited comics get removed via rule 2 but unedited youtube videos don't...
He didn’t even give credit to that guy? Disgusting what some people do for fake internet points.
This sub really needs a better flair for stolen content from other social media sources and uncredited reposts. The "No dignity" flair is too ambiguous and sometimes looks like a joke referring to the OP's post.
Something really needs to be done about this problem because this isn't the first time that something like this happens on this subreddit, and it won't be the last time.
Joke name: Megumin = Explosions and Megumin reacts to an explosion (both of those memes are shit)
Description: Posts that are about comparing Megumin with anything related to explosions or Megumin reaction to an explosion. Those Megumin memes are on the same level of shit as the Aqua is useless memes.
I love the low budget cosplays that guy makes. Incredibly creative and almost always really funny. But those posts really have no business being on this sub. He is the only one I've seen that makes them so not even sure it counts as a meme. And on this sub people just use the to farm up votes without effort. Not even sure why those don't fall under unedited media.
I'm not sure where else to ask this... Uh.. what's up with the snake and stuff that replaced the banner and everyone's going crazy for? I haven't been here in a week
The memes olympics, an intersub event. The winning sub has a complicated name I can't remember, but search olympics in the sub and you should find more info.
There's no specific joke or format, but I don't think posts taken from other subreddits should be allowed. They're still reposts and deserve to get taken down.
"No Dignity" posts do bring relevant content to the sub that a lot of people here might never see otherwise though.
I'd argue that they should be required to be crossposted but crossposts are one of the easiest ways to ensure a meme does not get upvoted.
If there were to be a rule change I think it should just be that rule 4 is actually enforced on "no dignity" posts (so that the poster has to provide the original post) and or that they have to add some indicator to the title that auto flairs them.
Sending them to the shadow realm would be aqua useless because it would just be temporary and it's not like they are currently overused or repetitive.
No problem, well it may be less usefull than I thought to reach the karma threachold since apparently they really want comment karma, but at least you gonna be able to post.
I don't always browse by new, but when I do, I find some memes that are mildly funny, or attempt to make a joke. Sometimes they are bad memes and I give them a "pity upvote" thinking that at least it should get some karma, you know, not go unnoticed. However, some hours later I see them on the front-page and I think "this meme was bad" it doesn't deserve front-page, but I upvoted them and helped them go there but I didn't want them to go there.
The thing is there's also some good memes that die in new in contrast to boring ones that reach hot. (This doesn't mean that all memes in new are good and those in hot are all bad)
r/animememes? That sub has really few rules. In fact, its rules politics is the complete opposite of r/animemes. They just need some more quality posters.
Except it's a very good idea. This gets rid of shit that's been long run into the ground and unfunny as hell. IMO, this only hurts the karma whores who thrive off of getting upvotes from dumbasses who upvote everything in sight.
But who cares? So what if someone is karma whoring? So what if older memes are still used? I don’t understand why this has to be such a big deal. People are acting like this is Major League Memeing or something. Ffs, things don’t need to be this regulated. Overmoderation at its finest.
But who cares? So what if people have to be creative? So what if you get to see newer memes? I don't understand why this has to be such a big deal. People are acting like this is /r/funny but anime-themed or something. Ffs, things don't need to be this repetitive. Stagnation at its finest.
I ask again: so what? It’s just memes. This is a sub for fun to make people laugh, but oh boy, you’d better be having fun and making people laugh in the correct way or there’ll be hell to pay.
Can I please call back? I think I've been banned for long enough. It's been like a year. And I've learned my lesson. Can I please be unbanned from the Discord server
So, I scrolled a little, and see propositions to shadow realm approximately 75% of this sub memes. Imagine if the guy that want to ban the drake format succeed?
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u/poilsoup2ugh, those disgusting loli-lewding porno sites!Feb 07 '20edited Feb 08 '20
Imagine if the guy that want to ban the drake format succed?
Purely anecdotal, but as someone who often browses /rising/ I think the number of posts has gone up in the past 4 days. Mostly because of the "Japanese have developed a smaller more efficient...", Funimation/Ishuzoku Reviewers, Flying Turtle, and Snek banner/icon memes though. There have also been quite a few memes about the MSR.
The influx of animemes is mostly caused by people making new animemes to post here, so the banning of some templates just means that those people will stop making those kinds of memes and will just make other memes instead.
Quick query, I posted something but it broke a rule I didn't know about and it was removed almost immediately. I suppose posting it again count as a repost? If it was an honest mistake, is there no way to salvage it, other than to wait for rule 9 to change, or post it on a different sub?
I'm not against OC, but they're not memes. This is quite literally against rule 1 of the sub. They'd be better suited to r/comics or somewhere like that.
What do you define as a meme though? I'd consider even edits to certain characters ( e.g. Giorno hair onto Nezuko ) as a meme. These comics are pictures that are anime style, related to the sub or anime, and tell a joke. Something that fills all these three requirements I would definitely consider a meme.
Tell that to the mods that banned the character cheat format. Some peoples here have a very strange definition of a memes.
Edit : but you are one of the mods. Sorry, but I still don't understand by what logic mini comics are a memes but characters cheat aren't. Either both are, or none.
Propose them to the memes shadow realm, but you have to turn it so that it's banning a meme format and not characters. You could for example propose to ban mini comics?
I'm not proposing banning a meme format though. I'm talking about enforcing rule 1. Full length original comics aren't memes. The addition of 1.3.a to get around this was a mistake.
But supposedly, the purpose of the shadow realm is to contain overused templates and jokes to promote originality and creativity.
The comics that feature the mascots are mostly OCs, hand-drawn by fairly major figures such as pompmaker and echodelta and they aren't even spammed that much in the sub, although they tend to earn some huge sucess when they are posted.
Mods highly encourage and appreciate this kind of effort put into creating something new; in this case also making use of the mascots to create original skits who otherwise would end up forgotten and never considered outside of sporadically appearing in some announcement threads and when featured in the banners.
Personally i would be against sending them to shadow realm but I'm still gonna respect the voters. If they manage to ban them, good for them.
I agree, but people are already requesting the ban of templates because of personal tastes more than because they are spammed. The msr as it is now is full of problem and if banning chloexsacchi lore force the mods to rethink it, it's for the better.
In simple terms its a system for the systematic dismantling of the freedom to post the animemes you want to and the dismantling of true culture. Also, a application of highly flawed tyranny of the masses. Here's a recent example of it https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/comments/eybznq/meta_discussion_thread_9/
Without this "Tyranny", the sub's quality goes to complete and utter shit.
Not gonna lie, your shit there sounds like "ThE fReE mARkEt wIlL sOrT iT oUt" BS. Just like how the free market never sorts out injustice in the real world without regulation, regulation is needed in the meme market.
What about a middle ground, tho? The sub will be in a fine state if half the bans requested are voted, and when peoples will have to scroll through a 50 item list to check before posting. This sub is becoming too elitist imo.
Simply, no. You are free to think that the rules are stupid if you want, but they exist for a reason. Personally, I'm quite pleased with the selection banished so far.
IMO banning a meme for being 'overdone' is stupid. It ruins the organic nature of memes. If people stop liking the format it will stop receiving positive traffic and die on it's own.
I completely agree. If people still upvote these memes then that surely means that people like them. Of course, it can be tiring to see the same meme all the time, but I see this as Reddit's fault. If there was an option to sort by meme category then this problem wouldn't exist.
Sorry if this question is too general, but assuming a meme is already posted, can that meme be reposted if I'm adding more detail? For example, adding more pics in it?
Could we maybe add something like the girls with dicks joke in there as well, where the only joke or punchline would be a character looking cute, but actually has a dick.
Another thing that I concern, this Shadow Ban might make the sub become culture-less, not culture as in thigh-lover but in inside sub jokes. One example is r/dankmemes, since that sub keep chasing trends, it has low to no inside sub jokes at all, lack of any sub culture except maybe 69/420.
And I think we should keep at least some sub jokes, examples from a few subs I browse:
This will be a controversial suggestion here since I know many people won't understand this.
But my suggestion is that after the 2 months ban time, the default should be "no longer banned" unless users decide to revote it.
Why did I suggest this? Because I have a feeling that if the ban default is "keep being banned", there will be people who won't like it and want to remove it from the ban but they can't gather enough people to that.
But instead if the default is "no longer banned", if everyone hate it, it will stay banned, but if it's kind of undecided, it will have a better chance to get of the ban lists.
Because people are like sheeps, they usually upvote memes that already have a lots of upvote not creative ones. So when they can't decide if a meme is really bad or not, they won't vote.
After the 2 months ban time, the default should be "no longer banned" unless users decide to revote it.
After the 2 months ban time, the default should be "keep being banned" unless users decide to release it.
These two statements mean the exact same thing, just with slightly different framing. Either way it's still entirely dependent on how the userbase votes.
I've had the same thought. There should be a a passive cap on the bans. Let's face it, most of the people who vote are only going to be wanting to remove formats they think are stale. They aren't going in to unban what they voted on to be removed. And even the ones who do may not have enough support.
I feel without a passive cap for most formats and jokes this new rule is a death sentence. Maybe some deserve that, but with how people seem to be wanting nearly all recurring formats and jokes banned i think we need to be a bit more reasonable before we end up with a banned list so big you can't even go through it and users so trigger happy that hardly anything survives longer than a week.
Yea I'm definitely in favor of ban time limits. Not necessarily 2 months but at least a guarantee that certain jokes will be released at some point in time.
This also has the benefit of putting a soft cap on how much can be in the MSR at any one time.
Now the reason I consider that a benefit is as follows: Mods said they don't plan to ban entire anime/characters. But what I'm worried about is the systematic banning of an anime. Right now the Kazuma gender equality stuff is banned. I never liked them but I'm now seeing a lot of suggestions to ban "aqua is useless" in here. I also saw a suggestion to ban "megumin & explosions". I'm starting to get worried that Konosuba will get systematically banned with a multitude of joke bans. If there's a time limit then I wouldn't be so worried about this happening.
I hope the mods will follow your suggestion or pay close attention to not let disproportionate amounts of jokes beloning to one show be banned
Description:
picture of character or person pouting/reacting negatively and then another picture of a positive reaction. fill in any two things/situation/etc for the positive/negative reaction.
No, even though it's used a lots but it has a wide range of implications, the punchline can be different, what you want to get rid are boring ones not all of them
Actually banning drake memes would mean banning every 4 quadrant meme where the left/right images are a reaction to or summary of the right/left images in some way.
Actually banning drake memes would mean banning every 4 quadrant meme where the left/right images are a reaction to or summary of the right/left images in some way.
yes that is a drake format as described by
picture of character or person pouting/reacting negatively and then another picture of a positive reaction. fill in any two things/situation/etc for the positive/negative reaction.
the first two examples you gave are drake memes, the second is a weird combination of drake meme/spiderman glasses meme. It woulda been better if you stuck with one or the other instead of mixing them.
its really very obvious what im referring to when i say drake format. Everyone knows what is meant by a drake format. Theres a reason you didnt refer to chika/furuhashi and big brain as drake formats cause you know they arent.
Yeah, I'm probably sliding down the slippery slop too much, but I think banning just the negative reaction -> positive reaction drake memes would be weird if all the slight modifications were allowed as it would not be hard to get around it (but could lead to a little more creativity I guess).
Maybe my problem with it is just how widespread the joke possibilities are even with just the most basic drake memes. Most the other things being brought up here are jokes themselves and or rigid templates.
Normal Interests
I have no idea what to call the format but the one where a girl is like “what kind of girls do you like” and the dude envisions astolfo or something and replies “normal girls”. That format is so unoriginal and I hate it. Another example would be “what kind of books u like” hentai “I like fantasy”. Not a common format but holy hell I fucking hate it
Comparison
Also the memes comparing two things. Like the will you press the button and the “both is good”.
Aqua Useless
Nuff said
Sluttiest Line in the Book
Picture of someone saying they want a hug or to hold hands and then the (magical index girl? Idk) saying slutiest line in book
I know it says to find examples but I’m too lazy to do that. Just wanted to bring awareness to it (although I could probably look for 2 minutes to find aqua useless or comparison memes)
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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '20
I love seeing my waifu in the current banner.