It's just a rule from those particular communities. You have to post something before you leave and it has to have the word rule in the title. It's just a silly thing they do.
this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2024
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It's specifically 196, which comes from the reddit 196. If you see it elsewhere it's just due to memeing
Thanks! But what does 'before you leave' mean?
It's ~~a community~~ an instance with a rule that if you log in to the website, you have to make a post before you leave (ie log out). The "rule" bit is people indicating that the post is because of the rule, and it caught on. Irritatingly enough.
Oh dear god. Well thanks a lot for the explanation 🥲
Just block the subs that do it and never waste another second of your life thinking about it.
why so? I read the news, I'm just pointing out this very typical US-centric habit
It's a meme rule
Le epic redditors i'd presume