i can’t stand megathreads – no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!

  • mamaMiata@lemmy.world
    231·
    2 years ago

    This may be an unpopular option since I’ve already seen it across lemmy, but the ____porn communities. I’d like to browse pictures of nice landscapes or exotic cars without worry about someone around me noticing “PORN” on my screen.

    At this point it seems very old internet, something that made sense when those communities were established, but now is unnecessary gratuitous and not socially acceptable.

    • DrMango@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      I saw a post about a community created here called “pixel passport” which I thought was a hell of a lot better that “earth porn.”

    • Skiv@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      Damn, I had forgotten how obnoxious that was on Reddit. Blocked all of those years ago because it was just unnecessary and a gross way to qualify otherwise unremarkable photos.

      • z500@startrek.website
        1·
        2 years ago

        It never bothered me per se, but it’s definitely awkward to come across some chapter of human suffering on r/HistoryPorn.

  • Countess425@lemmy.world
    20·
    2 years ago

    When people turn a popular post into an Oscars Acceptance Speech

    ETA: wow thanks for the upvotes!

    ETA2: omg my first gold award?? I couldn’t have made it without my mom and Jesus through whom all things are possible

    • Provoked Gamer@lemmy.ca
      4·
      2 years ago

      This.

      ETA: thanks for one upvote!😃

      ETA2: thanks for two upvotes!😀😀

      ETA3: woah?! 3?!?!?! thanks for three upvotes!😁😁😁

      ETA4: this is more upvotes than I have money in my bank account! thanks for four upvotes!💵💵💵

      ETA5: INASANE!!! thanks for five upvotes!😍😍😍

      ETA6: I’ve never had more than SIX!!! thanks for six upvotes! 😱😱😱😱😱

      ETA7: thanks for seven upvotes! I want to thank my mom, my brother, Jesus, Scott, Bill Gates, and my cat!!!🤗🤗

      ETA8: What? Why y’all downvoting me now? Bring it back to seven!😤😤😤

      ETA9: Unbelievable. -400 upvotes now. I lost my house, my car, and my job because of this! 😔😔😣😖😖😖😭😭

      /s

    • Psythik@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 years ago

      I also hate “happy cake day”, and “this”. Especially “this”. It’s a worthless comment that adds nothing more to the discussion than a simple upvote.

    • Stefh@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      😂 this really annoys me on Quora. I never understood why one feels the necessity to do so.

    • tarjeezy@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      For a second, I seriously thought the fediverse logo next your username was an award 😂

      • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Hey, it can be one if you believe it! It’s well-deserved commendation for your contribution to the Fediverse.

    • aleph@lemm.ee
      1·
      2 years ago

      r/moderatepolitics was the worst for that.

      Their moderation policy basically allowed any abhorrent view as long as it was expressed in a “civil” manner.

      Trolls and racists could say things like “well, in my humble opinion, black people are just inherently violent and unintelligent” and anyone who got irate and called them out would get a warning and/or banned.

    • pizza_rolls@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      This is my #1 also. So many people “just asking questions”

      I also hate the circlejerk of people going “I cannot possibly comprehend being gay/trans/disabled/whatever but I let them do what they want!” They’re not aliens, you can listen to them explain what they are going through and have empathy. It’s not very complicated.

    • Colonel Sanders@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      You forgot to add the "Edit: " part because they always have to come back and edit every 2 minutes.

      Edit: “Whoa my first gold! Thanks!”

      Edit2: “Wow this is silly, thanks everyone!”

      Edit3: “While you’re here, let me tell you my life story.”

      EditAdNauseum: High pitched ear ringing

  • Marvin42@feddit.nl
    7·
    2 years ago

    I absolutely hate the love for revenge violence. Stuff like celebration people running over protestors in their cars because they were forced to stop on the road. Or bleeding out after someone got shot when they robbed a store.

    This includes that fact that you can basically guarantee every thread contains at least one comment claiming “play stupid games, win stupid prizes”

    • FinnFooted@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      I haaate “equal rights means equal lefts.”

      These dudes fantasize about a woman picking a fight with them so they can beat the shit out of one and have it be socially acceptable.

  • May@kbin.social
    7·
    2 years ago

    When someone would ask a good question that you also wanna know the answer to, but then all the “answers” were just jokes bc everyone wanna get upvotes. I dont really mind jokes but those times it was a bit sad, then sometimes no one would answer for real bc i guess they see 10 replies and assume surely one of them is real already.

    Also repost bots.

    And apple vs samsung feuds.

    And sometimes looked like whenever some people try to organize action or protests, comments just spamming that “protests do nothing” or “voting does nothing,” or “what is this gonna do,” not suggesting any other solution either, almost like trying to encourage apathy? Or discourage action. Sometimes i wondered if those were bots.

    Also the r/wooosh when someone didn’t understand a joke. .-.

  • throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 years ago

    Karma-whoring. It’s already started with the stupid “upote my can of beans” posts… Dude nobody cares about your internet points, either activity participate or fuck off to Instagram.

  • Zozano@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 years ago

    Please don’t let /c/asklemmy become like /r/askreddit, which had half of the front-page posts being the same sex related questions every month.

    “Women of reddit, what non sexual thing that guys so makes you horny?”

    “What is the sexiest thing you regret doing?”

    “How many cocks have you sucked while your cat judges you while waiting for you to feed it?”

    It was bullshit.

    • b3nsn0w@pricefield.org
      1·
      2 years ago

      unfortunately lemmy already has those people, but luckily enough they seem to organize in tidy communities that are easy to defederate

  • Meldroc@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 years ago

    Safe spaces for fascism. Spez let The_Donald and its imitators fester for years, thus turning Reddit into a de facto Nazi Bar. Thus years of harassing non-fascists & minorities, brigading, spouting bigotry, disinformation and toxicity while the admins yawned.

    • mindrover@lemm.ee
      11·
      2 years ago

      Unfortunately fascist spaces will exist and cannot be prevented because of the core nature of Lemmy/fediverse architecture. Anyone can start their own instance and post whatever they want.

      However, if the main popular instances defederate with them, then most users won’t have to see those posts.

      • MisterD@lemmy.ca
        1·
        2 years ago

        AFAIK the following have been defederated or blocked otherwise: -theDonald -exploding heads -meta (on going)

    • lemming007@lemm.ee
      02·
      2 years ago

      Umm, you’re aware that anyone can stand up a Lemmy instance? Communists and fascists alike, you can just defederate from any instance you don’t like.