feeling guilty after serious-posting bc u have a feeling ppl mainly follow u for shitposts feeling guilty after shitposting in case ppl follow you for serious-posting
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I’m pretty sure I get it, but I wouldn’t mind hearing what you think is the appeal/dynamic of shitposting. I am religiously on team seriouspost (“effortpost”?), and mostly want to read others’ serious stuff.
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personal level: I naturally admire witty people on here w good humor (often encoding interesting observations), so it’s probably me mimicking them beyond that, i think good shitposts/memes are ingroup auth tokens that r hard to forge/easy to validate bc u either get it or don’t
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also low effort posting can be an easy impersonal venting tool
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Here’s a stab: Shitposting is like casual hanging out with friends. Whereas effortposting is going to a formal dinner party and sharing your “considered thoughts.” (I don’t like what this implies about my taste for effortposting....)
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Is shitposting short for shooting-the-shitposting?
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For the culture
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One observation is that this shit-posting usually has content. That makes it seem like and alternate channel of communication. Though one with poor quality-control.
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