• @nebula42OP
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      71 year ago

      Just following the rule.

      It’s a cultural thing from r/196 on reddit.

    • Blyfh
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      41 year ago

      196 was originally a subreddit on Reddit that had one rule: If you’ve visited it, you had to post. It kinda became customary to add ‘rule’ into the title to explain why you’ve posted. This then became a meme itself, when people tried to integrate the word into post-related titles. This community is basically just a mirror of the subreddit, so it got passed on.