• @[email protected]
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    192 years ago

    I always wonder why old memes are losing pixels and quality. Like an old paper shared over the years.

    • @LemmyFeed
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      202 years ago

      It’s because people keep taking screenshots of the image and sharing the screenshot instead of the original image file. It’s like making a copy of a copy of a copy until it looks like garbage.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 years ago

        Stop right there criminal scum, you are not allow to publish original copyrighted works, you are stealing from the artist’s mouth by squandering his market value !

        So that’s why normal people screenshot.

    • @[email protected]
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      132 years ago

      because they get downloaded from say reddit and then reuploaded again a year later or so which since most sites/services compress files uploaded they get worse and worse quality

      • @[email protected]
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        22 years ago

        It’s the modern version of the VHS or cassette tape.