• Rustmilian@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 days ago

    That’s not a shitpost, that’s a basic meme that took effort to make and come up with.

    ^Actual shitpost, AI generated images with text slapped on it. Another example is the common “all Linux users are femboys” memes.

    “aggressively, ironically, and trollishly poor quality… cause the biggest reaction with the least effort. …internet mockery… …absurd…”

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitposting

    My post that was unfairly removed was intentionally provocative (Oxford), and ironically, trollishly poor quality (Wikipedia), just as the example shitposts provided are.

    provocative ≠ inflammatory

    Provocative : causing annoyance, anger, or another strong reaction, especially deliberately.
    Inflammatory : deliberately arousing or intended to arouse angry or violent feelings.

    (Oxford)

    Provocative in the context of shitpost essentially means deliberately causing a strong reaction usually via exaggeration for comedic effect.
    While Inflammatory just means to deliberately insight violence.

    Another shitpost for example :

    This meets : intentionally provocative (Oxford), and ironically, trollishly poor quality and absurd (Wikipedia).