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We had a very efficient and funny campaign to inform the general public that screenshots are not memes. However, people keep posting screenshots in this community. I propose that we establish a rule banning screenshots. Maybe there is a dedicated community or screenshots enthusiasts could create one. Of course if this proposal is widely opposed, I will withdraw it and go hide in a cave, never to be heard again. Also, cartoons are not memes either but this is a battle for another day.

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[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 25 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I just downvote any uncropped screenshot and ignore the content at this point. Have people really gotten too stupid to crop?

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We are in the social media age... yes, people really gotten too stupid for those kinds of things. Same with taking photos of screens instead of making a screenshot.

[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can at least understand taking photos of the screen because console manufacturers go out of their way to make it difficult to take a screenshot and get it on your phone.

But cropping literally takes 10 seconds. Or 5 minutes if you're doing it for the first time and don't have an app that can crop.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I'd say lazy more than stupid

[–] kihasu@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I do not think people became stupid, but it so easy to post stuff that even the technologically iliterate can now post. Also many people underestimate the amount of people acessing media on their phone. Maybe i am too old to know all options, but i feel like a phone is not the right tool to produce any quality content.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Definitely takes time and effort

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago

It's kinda hard on mobile