• @M500@lemmy.ml
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      132 months ago

      That’s my thinking as well. A long time o ago in reddit, people were always claiming things were reposts, but it was new to me.

      • @Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml
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        02 months ago

        It would be nice if there would be attribution for reposts. Maybe subreddits and such could do weekly / monthly / annual / all-time highlights? Feel like I need to say that I hate FB and deleted mine, BUT the “memories” thing could be interesting in a place like Reddit or Lemmy.

        • @M500@lemmy.ml
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          12 months ago

          What if I saw it elsewhere and posted it? I wouldn’t know it was a repost. And I expect that is what is mostly happening.

          • @Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml
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            It actually doesn’t really bother me, especially with memes and random internet content like that. I’ve seen posts on Reddit that were actual art, where the title of the repost implies the poster created the art and that it’s not a repost. It’s lame for a few reasons, such as commenters trying to engage with the alleged creator and the OP not replying, then people finding out it’s a repost, etc. But, honestly, whatever.

  • synae[he/him]
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    212 months ago

    Not that I’m defending the behavior, but what more elaboration is needed? They’ve seen it before, that’s all they’re saying

    • aname
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      72 months ago

      Sometimes it is abrepost even when I just made it myself.

      • synae[he/him]
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        52 months ago

        Ah, well, just tell them it’s OC and moonwalk away

        (Or ignore, don’t feed the trolls and all that)

  • EnsignRedshirt [he/him]
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    182 months ago

    Memes are reposts! That’s their defining characteristic! They become memes by being reposted! If they didn’t get reposted, they would not be memes!

    • Sam, The Man
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      62 months ago

      Memes are in fact iterative so the more reposts we have, the more weird new memes we get. ‘S wild.

  • Stern
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    132 months ago

    imagine someone being so self centered that they think everyone has seen every meme theyve seen.

  • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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    102 months ago

    It’s such a Reddit thing. I’d almost forgotten that there were people whose only contribution to the site culture was to remind people how cool they were because they’d already seen everything.

    God I love hexbear.

    • @whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
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      32 months ago

      Thanks to whatever app I’m using for showing the thumbnail of links, I’m never gonna give me what?! I still have the music in my head now!

  • @saltesc@lemmy.world
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    52 months ago

    Ah, yes. The Repost Police. A group of individuals out to inform everyone that they’re proud of spending far too much time on socials, even though no one cares to know.

    • @FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee
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      62 months ago

      Some clients will highlight bots

      If you go to lemmy.world on a browser you can hide accounts that have flagged themselves as bots

      I have bot accounts hidden because during the Reddit Exodus there was so many bots posting content form reddit to ideally drive engagement and discussion but no one commented so they just felt spammy to me

      Hopefully this makes sense I had to stop mid sentence to do something and I’m too tired to proof read

      • silly goose meekah
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        12 months ago

        Repost bots existed to farm karma to sell the accounts for advertising purposes. The bots that mark themselves as such wouldn’t repost (other than the reddit-to-lemmy bots you mentioned, but that’s not really reposting anyways)

  • rand_alpha19
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    42 months ago

    Isn’t this why reverse image search exists? Some people are just assholes, but there are tools to help you find a source.