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Re:Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook by oh_sigh on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:40PM (#13999536)
Shitposting in real life.

Essentially taking comments you might find on /r/The_Donald and posting them on real life billboards.

Re:Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook by randyrand on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:42PM (#13999560)
What is a shitpost?

I think I can get the idea. But could you provide an example from him?

Re:Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook by oh_sigh on Thursday March 30, 2017 @07:12PM (#13999754)
A shitpost is hard to classify, but it is usually an off-topic post intended to derail, hijack, circlejerk, or otherwise spam a conversation.

I don't have any examples of Palmer shitposting, because his scheme never really got off the ground. A generic example of a shitpost would be if say, someone posted in this thread this image: http://i.imgur.com/QoZHVLs.jpg and demanded that we only post spiderman memes, instead of talking about the intended topic.

Re:Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook by lugg on Thursday March 30, 2017 @06:58PM (#13999665)
It's just a term referring to a shitty post.
Re:Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook by strictnein on Thursday March 30, 2017 @07:06PM (#13999711)
More "worthless" than "shitty".

Some people call posting humorous nonsense on Facebook or Twitter as "shitposting" as well. Doesn't add anything, but can be amusing in small doses.

Re:Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook by aptwebapps on Thursday March 30, 2017 @10:46PM (#14000839)
As you can see from your replies, it has more than one definition depending on where on the internet you are.
Re:Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook by atrendyguy on Thursday March 30, 2017 @09:24PM (#14000527)
All of the examples you've been given are hilariously wrong. 'Shitposting' is a play on the idea that people with non-pc views are 'shitlords.' It grew out of groups like "Shit Reddit Says" and "Shit 4chan Says" that meant to police language on those sites. tl;dr A "shitpost" is a post that's not politically correct.
Re:Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook by wavefunction on Thursday March 30, 2017 @09:52PM (#14000646)
Shitposting is just making terrible posts. That could be posting lame stuff, making the same sort of post that is always made on those sites, or just being a nuisance spamming.
Re:Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook by atrendyguy on Friday March 31, 2017 @12:21AM (#14001143)
Just like the way pepe the frog changed. The connotations around shitposting changed.
Re:Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook by obstinate on Thursday March 30, 2017 @11:39PM (#14001009)
Noooo. The term shitposting significantly predates SRS. Please see the Know Your Meme entry on it for more info.
Re:Palmer Luckey Leaves Facebook by aanm1988 on Friday March 31, 2017 @02:02AM (#14001477)
No. Shitposting is making terrible posts. Low quality, dumb low effort, etc...