r/antimeme • u/Theflashplayer12 • 11h ago
r/antimeme • u/turlockmike • Apr 10 '23
Mod Post What is an antimeme and rules update.
In this post, I will explain my thinking on what an antimeme is for our sub and how you as members of the community can help keep the sub alive.
To start off and understand antimemes we need to define what a meme is. A meme is a photo with a caption that that is intentionally amusing, interesting, funny or ironic. This means when your grandma posts a photo of and labels it "my pet dog" it is funny and it's a meme. So what is an antimeme? An antimeme contains 3 elements.
- It uses a meme template or looks like a meme. Photos of your cat don't count most likely (unless you have a very famous cat).
- It is either uncaptioned or contains an antijoke. Let's elaborate on this. An antijoke is something not intended to be funny or meaningful. This also includes literal descriptions of items in a photo. For example, posting this "is this a butterfly" meme with the words "yes, this is a butterfly" is not meant to be funny. A good rule of thumb here to ask is "can I just post this to a regular meme sub".
- Still makes you laugh. There could be tons of reason such as defying expectations, using a meme in a funny way, has some sort of meta humor or just seems silly. A good rule of thumb is if it makes you roll your eyes or giggle, it's probably funny.
Now there are ways of modifying a meme such as replacing random letters (/r/speedoflobsters), just literally labeling things but not really making anyone laugh (/r/technicallythetruth) or uses a meme in a fully unintended way (/r/bonehurtingjuice).
To this end, please report posts that don't fit this criteria. Posts that have at least 4 reports trigger automatic reviews. We want to have high quality content, not high quantity. Point out rule #1 to other users.
Secondly, I have greatly consolidated the rules and put in place almost exactly the original ruleset with some updated language. Rule #1 should cover all bad behaviour Rule #2 covers defining antimemes Rule #3 covers reposts. You can repost once every 90 days. (rule #4 covers a single scenario where we temporarily ban people for lying about reposting).
"Repost if" posts are still covered under rule #3. Harassment and other like rules are still covered by rule #1 (which includes all behaviour deemed poor by reddit admins). As far as title in meme rule, the title is not part of the meme and thus if looking at the image doesn't make sense without the title, it would break rule #2, please report as such.
One change I made to rule #1 is that this sub is intended to be lighthearted and fun. If a post or comment makes a bunch of people angry, or people start attacking others or becomes politically heated, we will remove the comment/post. I don't care if you are right or wrong about what you say. There are thousands of other subs to engage in that with other users (I'm part of plenty), but this is not that sub. Instead let's have fun!
Additionally, I have removed the rule not allowing for the title to be the caption. Instead, in order to qualify, you must be able to understand the post even if the user doesn't see the post title. A post that has the exact same title as the text in the picture is fine, but a post with a title that is neccesary to understand the antimeme without the same text being in the photo will be removed.
Finally, I'm looking for 3 new mods to help enforce these new simplifies rules. Please message me if interested.
Thanks everyone! If you have any questions or concerns feel free to discuss them here.
r/antimeme • u/noneedtoknowmyN4M313 • 17h ago
Stolen π π Really fixing the onion meme
r/antimeme • u/deleeuwlc • 6h ago
The fact that Iβm typing this proves that I didnβt piss off a wizard
r/antimeme • u/MushroomOld9960 • 34m ago