I'm outta the loop on why there's all these "rule" posts on the Fediverse. But there isn't an OutOfTheLoop magazine I can submit the question to. So, I am gonna try out this microblog thing. Anyone can fill me in?
It’s from the r/196 subreddit. The rule is that you must post before you leave so people often label their post “Rule”. 196 is the equivalent community on Lemmy.
I’m trying to respond from Lemmy so I’m not sure how this will show up with the microblog thing.
The “rule” posts are from a community called 196. It used to be 195 at one point on reddit and then became 196 when that community got removed for some reason (I think the mod left). The number came from someones dorm number. Here on the fediverse there are multiple 195 and 196 communities cropping up. They’re more or less just for meme posting but they also tend to be very trans inclusive. The reason a lot of the posts have rule in the title is because one of the informal rules in those communities is that if you stop in then you have to post something before you leave. It has just kind of become a thing to put rule in the title of those posts to show that you’re complying with the rule.