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Includes lore like how a instance got it's name, how an instance got defederated, how an admin got doxxed, fedihistory etc

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22298719

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[–] PixeIOrange@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

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[–] archonet@lemy.lol 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

on the one hand, it's annoying having so many photos of somebody's cat(s) flooding your feed

On the other, after months of election dread and with at least four more years of misery for everyone who isn't rich lying ahead of us -- sure, bring on the cat photos. Good palate cleanser.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Prefer the pic of my brothers kitten then other post about Trump.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 35 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Honestly i just had to block /cats. It was 95% of the front page

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago

How dare you!

[–] SatyrSack 13 points 3 days ago

That explains why I had no idea what this post was referring to. Apparently that community is already blocked.

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[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Shortstack@reddthat.com 4 points 2 days ago

This sounds made up but I swear to god as I started reading your comment and saw his face the radio station in the waiting room started playing that same song. I’m convinced you summoned rick astley

[–] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 days ago
[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

The best Lemmy has ever been. The Internet exists for two reasons: Cat picd/videos snd porn. And we got the porn covered too.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Is it like a coordinated effort to drown out politics, whats the angle here?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago (15 children)

After the US election, it's needed anyways. We could probably all use a short break from politics

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 9 points 3 days ago

I unfollowed every meme community because it was wall to wall whingeing about Trump.

It's about time someone changed the subject.

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I don't think it was coordinated.

It feels like someone shared a photo, others felt inspired to share, and it snowballed since then

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[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com 11 points 3 days ago

I'll take it. Cute cats are very cute. I've been missing my daily dose since the API debacle.

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

!cat@lemmy.world

Come check it out, or add to the cat photo avalanche

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

Not a cat person but I want more void pics!!!

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I swear I've only seen meta posts talking about all the cats. I haven't seen a single non-meta cat post.

Update (2024-11-23T01:52Z): It turns out that, to see the cats, one must sort by "Hot" [1]. I was sorting by "All" + "Active", but, to see the cats, I must sort "All" + "Hot".

References

  1. @OpenStars@piefed.social. ""Lemmy right now" | Cat photos flood the feed". FediLore + Fedidrama (fediverselore@lemmy.ca). sh.itjust.works. Lemmy. https://sh.itjust.works/post/28447496/15193503.

    [...] Active prioritizes many comments iirc, but on most of these posts I see few if any comments. Using Hot though, they can dominate a feed due to being highly upvoted.

[–] groet 7 points 2 days ago (27 children)

You might have federation issues (or blocked the right/wrong people/communities/instances).

There are loads of cats....

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 9 points 2 days ago

Let the cats flow

[–] x3x3@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

The biggest scandal on Lemmy.

[–] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)
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