Remember when memes got banned for being 'rude' instead of political? Feels different now.

Back around 2015, I posted a meme making fun of a bad movie and it got taken down for being 'harassing' or whatever. Now I see memes calling politicians straight up crooks and they stay up for weeks before anything happens. It's like the rule book got thrown out and rewritten based on who's mad that day. What changed exactly, and why does it feel like we went from protecting feelings to picking sides?

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margaretw411d ago

Is it just me or does anyone remember when the rules actually seemed to apply equally? My buddy's cousin got a 30 day ban back in 2017 for posting a joke about a local weatherman's combover, calling it 'targeted harassment'. @elizabeth_king you're right about the screaming thing. Meanwhile last month I saw a thread calling the mayor a money launderer stay up for two weeks before a mod even replied to the reports. Feels like they dropped the mask completely around the time everything got so tribal online.

elizabeth_king1d ago

Honestly I feel this so hard. I had a meme about a celebrity's bad haircut get flagged back in 2016 for being 'abusive' or whatever and I was like seriously? But now I see people posting memes that are straight up calling elected officials corrupt and they stay up for months without issue. Tbh I think the whole system just got exposed as being about who screams the loudest not about any real rules. It feels like they gave up pretending to be neutral and just started picking teams. I think they realized anger gets more clicks so they let stuff slide if it fits whatever narrative is trending. Ngl it just makes the whole place feel like a mess now.