• @[email protected]
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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.

      • @[email protected]
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        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.

        • @[email protected]
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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.

          • @[email protected]
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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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    162 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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      42 months ago

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

      • synae[he/him]
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        32 months ago

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

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

  • Stern
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    132 months ago

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

  • @comrade19
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    72 months ago

    Are there bots on lemmy? I didn’t like the idea of those repost bots on reddit.

    • @[email protected]
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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)

    • @[email protected]
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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!

  • @[email protected]
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    62 months ago

    Wow, awesome, like we haven’t already seen this post 15 times in the last 2 weeks. Nice low effort repost, “OP”!

  • @saltesc
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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.

  • @FilthyShrooms
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    My favorite is when it’s something I made myself, how is it a repost?

  • rand_alpha19
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    32 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.

  • @[email protected]
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    It’s like the terminally online equate their filling out a meme template to sculpting a Michaelangelo.

  • @tomi000
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    Yeah because everyone gladly spends a few hours of theit time searching for a meme they have seen somewhere a year ago…