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Why is my home feed on lemmy and kbin filled with posts about beans? Where did this recent obsession come from?

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[–] Reddit_was_fun 203 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Don’t question it, just enjoy it. You are now part of the greater Lemmy world. In five years you can break out the ‘I have been on Lemmy since the bean incident’ and all the originals will sound off with you while the new lemmings won’t get the inside joke.

You belong now.

[–] tRIG_26_06 33 points 2 years ago

This is the best way to describe it and I'm 100% here for it

[–] RoseyCat 28 points 2 years ago

I’m glad I’ve bean here from the start.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago

Yup or if you really got in early-ish you can say I was there for the poop challenge.

It's been a wild ride so far.

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[–] sk1nnyjeans 84 points 2 years ago (8 children)

I think it’s mostly, if not completely (at least on my end), coming from shitpost related communities.

I’m seeing all of my bean posts specifically come from lemmyshitposts.

Also random, but my city’s subreddit last year actually founded a bean club online and then had monthly IRL meet ups where they would bring bean cans to trade.

[–] danc4498 34 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The Lemmy front page algorithm still isn't very good. Which results in a lot of shit post quality posts jumping to the top of the "hot" sorting.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's my favorite part of this site. Every time I open it I'm flooded by the shitwitching hour.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I love it as well. It's great to see the insanity before I switch to my subscribed feed lol. People complaining just need to learn how to manage their feed and enjoy the beans.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

I think it’s worth mentioning for folks new here that there is no “algorithm” as people typically think of with sites like Facebook and Twitter. There are no levers or dials being adjusted behind the scenes, just upvote counts and comments pushing content to the top.

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[–] Lapus 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If I wasn't wrinkly and old I would shut down lemmy with a naked pic holding a can of beans.

[–] MadBabs 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Lapus 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I am! I just applied for my first principal job and I would hate my wrinkled ass with a can of beans kept me from it.

[–] MadBabs 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If the school doesn't want an administrator who whole-heartedly participated in a niche meme of a nascent retaliatory federation, is that really a school you want to be a part of?

[–] _CottonCandyUnicorn_ 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So you'll do it after you get the job. Makes sense. Good luck!

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[–] nilaus 6 points 2 years ago

You should do that anyway😜

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There was a post on Lemmy yesterday that said something like “Lemmy will upvote anything this is just a photo of a tin of beans”. .. and the shitposting started. :)

I’m sticking with ‘subscribed’ for a while

[–] Dravin 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've started blocking shit posting subs. Nothing against a good shit post but it cleans up my feed without having to resort to subscribed.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It has always bean like that. You are just noticing it now.

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[–] desorientado 18 points 2 years ago

I love meme archeologists

[–] DONTputghouls 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

My app isn't loading your link, but it better be "thinkin about them beans"

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Don't worry. It's just lemmy establishing its lore. Soon the bean arc will be over, like the three-day-no-poop arc before it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Competing with Reddit's lore

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

After 17 seasons, the Reddit lore was getting stale and uninteresting. Lemmy lore is new hotness. Season premiere only just came out.

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[–] omey 30 points 2 years ago

it's the kbean.social special

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You federated wrong. You're actually on Legume-ey.world

I'll see myself out.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Luckily I'm on kbean.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

It’s weird how different these feeds are. I only have posts about people asking about these beans posts. But no beans posts themselves whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago

'Cause with all the new traffic, Lemmy's alive and full of beans!

[–] rookie 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

because we're taking the internet back to 2003 and that includes omg teh random posts being funny again *holds up spork*

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

I'm fine with it as long as we move on quickly. The in-jokes get a chuckle out of me for a few days, and it helps build the community feeling. Now if it lingers for months, it's gonna get real stale, but that didn't happen with the no poop stuff so I'm hopeful.

[–] JargonWagon 22 points 2 years ago

Bean related memes have been around for a bit already in other corners of the internet. We've been graced with more bean memes. Enjoy!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So the need for a c/outoftheloop begins

[–] MothBookkeeper 14 points 2 years ago

It exists already.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Oh shit, are we having our first post-migration memestorm?

Are we ready? Do we have an OutOfTheLoop community already out here somewhere?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe for the people who just migrated after the API shutdown. We all already held our poop for 3 days a few weeks back.

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[–] blendin 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why am I not getting beans :(

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

There was a post on Lemmy yesterday that said something like “Lemmy will upvote anything this is just a photo of a tin of beans”. .. and the shitposting started. :)

I’m sticking with ‘subscribed’ for a while

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] coconutxyz 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

i unsubbed from shitpost temporarily lol

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[–] rouxdoo 7 points 2 years ago

I haven't seen a single bean-related post. Perhaps you have not been minding your "block-all-memes" mandate. I hate memes and shitposts and block communities and posters that break through at every opportunity.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago
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