what does shitpost mean, iyo?

let's get together and pin down the aesthetic!

this term seems to have reached critical mass (I expect to hear my mom using it within six months).

does it mean a low effort post meant to provoke, while adding nothing of value to the conversation? is it kin to challop? is it a post that suggests you haven't read much of the tread/extant conversation? are all 'memes' shitposts?

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I'm listening to the new Nightcall (ep 116) and there's a lot of relevant discussion, and it suggests that my idea of a shitpost is way off . I really don't know what it means I guess

I am a shitposter

Shitposters of the world unite and take over.

yo, Spartacus here!

Shitposters of the world unite and take over.

Learn to love me
Assemble deeznuts

Does your chewing gum lose its flavour (on the... you get the idea)

it's when political parties or campaign groups make an advert that looks really rubbish and then people share it online saying, ‘oh I can’t believe how shit this is’ and then it gets shared and shared and shared and shared and they go, ‘ha ha ha, job done'

Shitposting is posting "aggressively, ironically, and of trollishly poor quality" posts or content to an online forum or social network. Shitposts are intentionally designed to derail discussions or cause the biggest reaction with the least amount of effort possible.

- uncle Wikipedia

I'm not sure what it means. I originally thought it was closest to the OP first option, "a low effort post meant to provoke", but I've seen it used in so many different ways.

Just this weekend I saw it used twice on Instagram accounts for specific posts that were not aligned with the account's usual content - i.e. on an account dedicated specifically to, for example, photos of cool/unusual doors, the person running the account posts a selfie with a caption that starts with "Sorry for the shitpost, but...".

is it shitposting to answer the op with the answer? honest q

uncle Wikipedia casts far too broad a net in that definition, so that not just a majority, but an overwhelming majority of posts to online forums and social networks could be construed to fall within it. iow, "shitposting" is nearly indistinguishable from "posting".

haha, yeah i think that's probably true. also, a high proportion of my posts probably fit in that category but i don't mean to be aggressive or trolly, just sort of goofy (most of the time)

is it fair to say that shitposting is sub-custos at best

"shitposting" is nearly indistinguishable from "posting"

And?

I'm wondering which poster has provoked this thread? Not that it's difficult to guess.

prolific reflexive posting with little educational/entertainment value

bumbling attempts at trolling

life is a stage

love is a battlefield

this used to be my shitpost
this used to be my childhood flame
this used to be the place I trolled dudes
whenever their tastes were lame

prolific reflexive posting with little educational/entertainment value

― brimstead, Monday, June 29, 2020 4:29 PM (fifty-two minutes ago)

my understanding and how i see it used on philly sports forums - low quality posting not necessarily to provoke tho could just be shitposting to fill the time and in off-season shitposts are practically encouraged. esp some low-energy meme post. a sub-category imo of landfill posting which is a truly herculean effort to fill up the many kbs of space we can with whatever repetitive banality comes to mind.

Done one strictly for illustrative purposes.

Keeping Up With Music

It's the kind of post that, if as you were making it someone you know irl were to ask you "Hey wyd?" you might reply "nm just posting shit"

aka the internet equivalent of talking/chatting shit

Many people think they’re good at shitposting but their posts are actually just annoying

XP ...not that the posts are verbatim transcripts of things you would say offline to your mates down the pub, but that the activity fills a similar space in your life, and is approached with a similar ethos. "Landfill posting," as Mordy so aptly put it; and I would add that these posts do not aspire to the dignity of "Content," though they do try to ape its ubiquity.

sometimes i only notice a poster bc every time i see a landfill post that adds zero value to the board i notice the same dn next to it welcome PBKR to the stage

shitposting is praxis

shitposting is pants

Let him who has never shitposted cast the first stone.

shat the first stone

I don’t know what shitpost means

Congrats on your weight loss!

(This is the legacy of my 18-month stint in England.)

xp

Urban Dictionary's top definition:

any content on the internet whose humor derives from its surreal nature and/or its lack of clear context. Differs from a meme: whereas a meme's humor comes from its repeatability, a shitpost is funny simply because it isn't a predictable repetition of an existing form. Shitposts can become memes, but memes cannot become shitposts.

[insert rickroll here]

wins it's when political parties or campaign groups make an advert that looks really rubbish and then people share it online saying, ‘oh I can’t believe how shit this is’ and then it gets shared and shared and shared and shared and they go, ‘ha ha ha, job done'

Mods pls edit title as op put an i in front of yo

not only a political groups can make shitposts, what is this madness

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like this is a variant of the bosko balaban stats c&p which is a prime example of a shitpost

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sometimes i only notice a poster bc every time i see a landfill post that adds zero value to the board i notice the same dn next to it welcome PBKR to the stage

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I love you too, Mordy.

Oops, I did it again!

Thanks Barry I forgot this had been covered

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