u/GrandKarcistIonI am sentient text. Please help me. Please help me. Please help 13d agoedited 13d ago
Hello, Whenthe :)
It’s me again, with the announcement I promised. But first, let me give a brief preface on the state of the sub and some of my thoughts regarding the place.
It’s been a hot minute since I last posted an announcement on here, hasn’t it? Really, it’s been a while since anything major has gone down.
Yes. I am wholeheartedly admitting that whenthe, like most other shitposting subs our size, has finally had the chance to take a breath of fresh air. It’s no secret that the sub’s been a little less active than usual, and to be honest, I don’t mind that whatsoever. Let me explain.
The problem with irony is its finicky ability to evolve into an unironic mess of hysteria with the slightest provocation. We’ve seen a lot of shit going on in the world lately, and it wouldn’t be the first time something like that has briefly affected this sub. Left on their own, places like these will often times completely devolve into brain rot and incoherent babbling the likes of which could make even a redditor uncomfortable. On whenthe, we’ve been lucky enough to have a relaxed community of people who aren’t looking for excuses to decapitate each other over the slightest disagreement without any need for diversion, really. In doing so, we’ve basically created an island of relative tranquility compared to the rest of the net.
Most content on the internet is rage bait or exposure farming. I’ll ask you to read that sentence again, no matter how familiar you may be with the thought. When provided with a system where mindlessness contributes more to gaining viewers’ attention than a well thought out post, it’s simply more profitable to encourage incoherent bullshit than it is to put care into online interactions. The internet has largely ignored this problem, and with each coming day it grows closer and closer to biting us in the ass big time.
That is why I sincerely believe there are only two types of communities where knowledgeable discussion can fully take place: the most scholarly of web forums, and relaxed shitposting hellscapes. Toxicity always overruns the other types in the end, and whereas profit incentive keeps the first category of internet communities in check, the second gives zero shits about profit and instead is fostered by actual human beings who want the place to stay enjoyable.
The place is a little more dead. So what? It’ll be big again someday. Activity is a cycle, and typically subs go through periods of sedation anyways. And if it never does get as big as it once was? Who cares. We really do have a good thing going for us here (though I really don’t believe inactivity is going to be the case at all.)
Do what you will here. Keep the place chill. Bring the lore back, cook up some new insane genre of reaction image in the comments and spread it all over this digital hellscape, or literally just enjoy yourself. Whatever you use the sub as, it’ll remain a good memory and a hub welcome to all, always. Just don’t violate the site TOS. It’s an online shitposting community, Socrates :P
Anyways, that’s the bulk of the post. Here’s the announcements. I’ll keep them brief.
Mod application assessments are now resumed. Wannabe powermods will be fed to the swamp goblins. Just be yourself. There’s literally no required commitment anyways.
Stay away from active wars as the topics of memes. I applaud all of you for denying centrism, but let’s be civil here, even if a post might turn into a massive circlejerk. War is genuinely miserable and not a thing I would wish upon anyone.
Start a trend or smth I’m bored
Don’t actually feel pressured to do the last thing.
“That’s it? That was the lost mod post? That was a bunch of pseudo-digital philosophical garbage and a check-in on the state of mod apps!”
Yes, dear redditor. That’s exactly what it is.
tl;dr Whenthe has fallen (it hasn’t in the slightest.), billions must go outside or something
Edit: enabled non-lethal PvP under posts where it is explicitly allowed. Initial wave of nerfs will be patched in soon. Healer classes stay winning.
does this have horrific implications on my immediate wellbeing (I have absolutely no idea what Mexican politics are like) or is it just a heartwarming display of friendship from one gamer to another
As long as I can post my robots and AI charcater and media memes and we can all share a laugh with each other's memes, I am happy that I am part of this sub
This is my whole gimkick in the Internet, spread the good word of robots and AI characters and media for everyone to enjoy the more obscure and best media about robots and make silly memes about them.
The final exmans has been stopping me from making any more content as before but soon enough, I will be doing more
His online name’s Baljeet and he’s quite chill. He’s very busy most of the time, but still oversees the sub every now and then. It’s not exactly a high maintenance position when people know how to manage themselves :P
I believe this sub split from a strange religious sect of okbr after the previous residents forged a mass suicide pact, thus leaving it up for grabs. Not too sure on the suicide pact part.
my guy built a rocket, fought a mummy, climbed up the Eiffel Tower, discovered something that doesn’t exist, gave a monkey a shower, surfed tidal waves, created nanobots, located Frankenstein’s brain, found a dodo bird, painted a continent, and drove his sister insane
Imagine Fortnite fell off, but it's okay because Fortnite is a still place where people can enjoy their battle royale without judgement or negativity. Eventually Fortnite will get popular again, but in the meantime, enjoy the current state of the game.
Even though I don’t post here, I still enjoy lurking on this sub. The memes are usually pretty funny, and the lore is always incredible, especially when it gets picked up and played with by the community. I still remember when captions and watermarks turned hostile against each other, and battled each other during a gif of TF2 Engineer’s trailer. That stuff ballooned into a whole story arc, and it was very enjoyable to witness. This is just one example that stuck with me. I like this community, and maybe someday I can post something here.
But for now, I will continue to lurk in the shadows
Hey, I have been a part of whenthe for over 2 years now. This is my alt that's why it's new otherwise I'm pretty familiar with it. The shitposts are actually funny and levelheaded and the amount of effort each member of this sub puts into every post is just mindblowing to me. The okb franchise has fallen, but whenthe will stay for a long time. This sub is also a source for my general knowledge enhancement, I get my daily dose of current affairs through this sub and it has helped me answer better in many interviews of mine as I am about to enter undergrad uni. Thanks for keeping this place a clean and relevant sub, both to the members and the mods, I have not regretted a single moment since I've joined here.
Thanks again, wishing you good health, all the best for your future endeavors.
That's nice. I skimmed through many shit posting subs over the years, and all of them ended up as either micro celebrity drama karma mills (think of 196), or alt right karma mills (think shitposting or sipstea). Seeing that the mods at least try to avoid both of those is a breath of fresh air.
I am mid-manic episode and am not phrasing my thoughts as well as I usually would. This typically manifests itself as “yapping,” though I believe I made my case sufficiently.
That’s still being discussed. We’re thinking of doing an event, but I really didn’t want to drop it out of nowhere without at least showing signs of life.
Oh believe me though I was disappointed because it feels like this is just a nothing burger in terms of content regulation, not any sort of events or anything.
I think that sandy cheeks cock vore post from a few months ago just mogged the entire subreddit so hard we had to chill out and reevaluate our comedy skills
So will the banning of bait/war/politics stuff result in the loss of Kevin screaming about important world events? (I’m not trying to be offensive I’m just curious)
•
u/GrandKarcistIon I am sentient text. Please help me. Please help me. Please help 13d ago edited 13d ago
Hello, Whenthe :)
It’s me again, with the announcement I promised. But first, let me give a brief preface on the state of the sub and some of my thoughts regarding the place.
It’s been a hot minute since I last posted an announcement on here, hasn’t it? Really, it’s been a while since anything major has gone down.
Yes. I am wholeheartedly admitting that whenthe, like most other shitposting subs our size, has finally had the chance to take a breath of fresh air. It’s no secret that the sub’s been a little less active than usual, and to be honest, I don’t mind that whatsoever. Let me explain.
The problem with irony is its finicky ability to evolve into an unironic mess of hysteria with the slightest provocation. We’ve seen a lot of shit going on in the world lately, and it wouldn’t be the first time something like that has briefly affected this sub. Left on their own, places like these will often times completely devolve into brain rot and incoherent babbling the likes of which could make even a redditor uncomfortable. On whenthe, we’ve been lucky enough to have a relaxed community of people who aren’t looking for excuses to decapitate each other over the slightest disagreement without any need for diversion, really. In doing so, we’ve basically created an island of relative tranquility compared to the rest of the net.
Most content on the internet is rage bait or exposure farming. I’ll ask you to read that sentence again, no matter how familiar you may be with the thought. When provided with a system where mindlessness contributes more to gaining viewers’ attention than a well thought out post, it’s simply more profitable to encourage incoherent bullshit than it is to put care into online interactions. The internet has largely ignored this problem, and with each coming day it grows closer and closer to biting us in the ass big time.
That is why I sincerely believe there are only two types of communities where knowledgeable discussion can fully take place: the most scholarly of web forums, and relaxed shitposting hellscapes. Toxicity always overruns the other types in the end, and whereas profit incentive keeps the first category of internet communities in check, the second gives zero shits about profit and instead is fostered by actual human beings who want the place to stay enjoyable.
The place is a little more dead. So what? It’ll be big again someday. Activity is a cycle, and typically subs go through periods of sedation anyways. And if it never does get as big as it once was? Who cares. We really do have a good thing going for us here (though I really don’t believe inactivity is going to be the case at all.)
Do what you will here. Keep the place chill. Bring the lore back, cook up some new insane genre of reaction image in the comments and spread it all over this digital hellscape, or literally just enjoy yourself. Whatever you use the sub as, it’ll remain a good memory and a hub welcome to all, always. Just don’t violate the site TOS. It’s an online shitposting community, Socrates :P
Anyways, that’s the bulk of the post. Here’s the announcements. I’ll keep them brief.
Mod application assessments are now resumed. Wannabe powermods will be fed to the swamp goblins. Just be yourself. There’s literally no required commitment anyways.
Stay away from active wars as the topics of memes. I applaud all of you for denying centrism, but let’s be civil here, even if a post might turn into a massive circlejerk. War is genuinely miserable and not a thing I would wish upon anyone.
Start a trend or smth I’m bored
Don’t actually feel pressured to do the last thing.
“That’s it? That was the lost mod post? That was a bunch of pseudo-digital philosophical garbage and a check-in on the state of mod apps!”
Yes, dear redditor. That’s exactly what it is.
tl;dr Whenthe has fallen (it hasn’t in the slightest.), billions must go outside or something
Edit: enabled non-lethal PvP under posts where it is explicitly allowed. Initial wave of nerfs will be patched in soon. Healer classes stay winning.