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Intentionally posting poor-quality social media posts
Commonly reposted shitpost meme ("reaction image") originating from the /jp/ (Otaku culture) board of 4chan, featuring the Touhou Project character Marisa Kirisame
Another example of shitposting: an image containing nothing but keysmashed text

In Internet culture, shitposting or trashposting is the act of using an online forum or social media page to post content that is of "aggressively, ironically, and trollishly poor quality".[1] Shitposts are generally intentionally designed to derail discussions or cause the biggest reaction with the least effort. It may even sometimes be orchestrated as part of a co-ordinated flame war to render a website unusable by its regular visitors.[2]

Definition and usages

Shitposting is a modern form of online provocation. The term itself appeared around the mid-2000s on image boards such as 4chan. Writing for Polygon , Sam Greszes compared shitposting to Dadaism's "confusing, context-free pieces that, specifically because they were so absurd, were seen as revolutionary works both artistically and politically". Greszes writes that the goal of shitposting is "to make an audience so confused at the lack of content that they laugh or smile".[3]

Professor Greg Barton, an expert on terrorism at Deakin University, said that racist shitposting is common across the internet and is a way for people to connect and gain attention. He said, "The thing about social media is that it's social. You want some feedback, you want people to like your stuff whether it's Instagram or Facebook. Shitposting is all about getting your profile up, getting a response and the more ironic and funny you can be the more you get."[4] [5]

In modern politics

The political uses of shitposting came to prominence during the 2016 United States presidential election. In May of that year, The Daily Dot wrote that a shitpost is "a deliberate provocation designed for maximum impact with minimum effort".[6]

In September 2016 the pro-Trump group Nimble America received widespread media attention.[7] [8] [9] The Daily Beast described the group as "dedicated to 'shitposting' and circulating internet memes maligning Hillary Clinton".[7]

In September 2016, The Independent wrote that shitposting is an apolitical "tool that can be put to a variety of effects".[10] But posts such as these appeared long before the 2016 US presidential election. Engineering & Technology magazine wrote that "shitposting, whether from the left or right, is perilously close to delivering an online metastasis of Orwell's Two-minute Hate [sic ]".[11]

In November 2016, Esquire magazine wrote, "internet mockery is emerging as a legitimate political technique: shitposting. Maybe the 2020 election will be all shitposting."[12]

In March 2018, talking about Facebook group New Urbanist Shitposting or New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens, Chicago magazine defined it as "posts that are meant to be awkward and irrelevant, aggravating and distracting social media communities from discussing their topic at hand".[13] [14]

The Financial Times defined shitposting as "posting ostentatiously inane and contextless content to an online forum or social network with the effect of derailing discussion". It gave the example of British former Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson being forced to deny she had killed squirrels for fun after online trolls made up a story about her having done so.[15] [16]

See also

References

  1. ^ :"How spammers nearly destroyed the biggest 'Simpsons'". The Daily Dot . 2016年08月24日. ... but that doesn't quite speak to the essence of 'shitposting', which encompasses content of aggressively, ironically, and of trollishly poor quality. Incoherent jokes, hasty Photoshopping, mashups, irrelevance, errors in spelling or grammar—all are hallmarks of the shitpost ...
    "The racist, sexist alt-right is celebrating over Leslie Jones' abject humiliation". Mic (media company) . 25 August 2016. On alt-right forums, hate speech is passed off as "shitposting"—purposeful offensiveness meant to shock and provoke, a counterweight to calls for safe spaces and trigger warnings.
    "Shitpostbot 5000 proves internet memes will outlive humans". Geek.com . Archived from the original on 2018年06月14日. Retrieved 2016年09月23日.
    "Multimedia Artist manuel arturo abreu on Shitposting and the Infinite Scroll". Paper . 2016年08月25日. Archived from the original on 2021年02月24日. Retrieved 2016年09月23日. I also think I subconsciously associate endless scroll with low-quality / spammy content, memes, shitposting, etc, which appeals to me.
    Biggs, John (2016年09月23日). "Papa, what's a shitpost?". TechCrunch . But remember that the shitpost isn't an expression of power rather it is the derailment of discourse.
  2. ^ Walker, Alex (2016年04月05日). "Purges and politics in cyberspace". Cherwell . 'Shitposting' according to the Open Oxford administrators Ash MQ & co involves 'a small coterie of members posting in-jokes, diary entries, and pictures of excrement' which meant that 'discussions were derailed, serious threads became lost amongst the nonsense, and most of the group's over 4000 members were put off ever getting involved.'
  3. ^ Greszes, Sam (2018年12月17日). "Shitposting is an art, if history is any indication". Polygon . Archived from the original on 2018年12月18日. Retrieved 2018年12月18日.
  4. ^ Boseley, Matilda (2019年03月17日). "Inside the 'shitposting' subculture the alleged Christchurch shooter belonged to". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2020年06月13日.
  5. ^ "Brenton Tarrant: How the media helped turn the 'shitposting' terrorist into a meme". TELL MAMA. 2019年03月15日. Retrieved 2020年06月13日.
  6. ^ "How to speak like a Donald Trump supporter". The Daily Dot . 2016年05月02日. ... shitposting means good posts with bad behavior. It has roots in older communities like Something Awful and 4chan, which celebrates the shitpost like no other. The shitpost is a troll, a deliberate provocation designed for maximum impact with minimum effort. It's bad. It's good.
  7. ^ a b Ben Collins, Gideon Resnick (2016年09月23日). "Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Near Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine". The Daily Beast .
  8. ^ Hern, Alex (2016年09月23日). "Oculus Rift founder Palmer Luckey spends fortune backing pro-Trump 'shitposts'". The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077.
  9. ^ Horwitz, Josh (2016年09月23日). "The founder of Oculus is funding a group that "shitposts" anti-Hillary Clinton memes". Quartz (publication) .
  10. ^ "Shitposting: What is the bizarre online behaviour that could win Donald Trump the election?". The Independent . 2016年09月23日. Shitposting in itself doesn't appear to have much of a politics, instead being a tool that can be put to a variety of effects—being used from everyone from the far-right such as Trump fans to left-wing groups online like those meant to support Bernie Sanders.
  11. ^ Dempsey, Paul (2016年09月27日). "Real-world politics torpedo Facebook's virtual pioneer". Engineering & Technology .
  12. ^ "Why Canada Can't Laugh At America Anymore". Esquire . 2016年11月07日.
  13. ^ Mortice, Zach (29 March 2018). "Meet the 61,000 Transit Nerds of Facebook's 'New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens'". Chicago . Tronc . Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  14. ^ Mortice, Zach (9 April 2018). "Meet the 61,000 Transit Nerds of Facebook's 'New Urbanist Memes for Transit-Oriented Teens'". Zach Mortice. zachmortice.com. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Year in a word: Shitposting". Financial Times . Retrieved Mar 21, 2021.
  16. ^ Golby, Joel (Nov 21, 2019). "This week's biggest Twitter controversy? Jo Swinson's squirrel problem". The Guardian . Retrieved Mar 21, 2021.

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