So now that Lemmy and the community overall are getting a lot of attention, with /c/memes being one of the biggest communities across instances, I think we should be a bit more strict about certain things.

I’d like your opinion, though. What do you think about a rule about only allowing images, and that such images need to be uploaded to Lemmy instead of linking to something like Imgur. I think that text and videos are a better fit for some other community (at least until we get something where we are able to play videos within Lemmy).

      • _cnt0
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        31 year ago

        That could just have been an image in the comment.

        I’ll count this as your first rule violation.

    • Dick Justice
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      I remember when “meme” meant something that reflected information or behavior that had self-propogated to a degree that it entered the zeitgeist. Now it’s pretty much any picture that someone thinks is humorous, even if they made it themselves ten minutes ago. Something used to become memetic as a community function; now there’s people who sit around and try to come up with new “memes” by themselves, even as a way to make a living. Kind of like giving yourself a nickname, lol.

    • ghost_laptopOPM
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      Well, to be precise a meme is a piece media that transfers culture, so it can be anything, although in this context it makes sense to only allow images/videos IMO.