196 came into being on reddit long ago, and that is a cute (imo) holdover from then. The original community (195 I think) had 1 rule, post before you leave, and a second “rule”, include “rule” in the title as a reference to the 1 rule.
It’s not actually enforced of course, but it’s part of the 196 culture
The “rule” in title thing is so weird to me. Just why?
196 came into being on reddit long ago, and that is a cute (imo) holdover from then. The original community (195 I think) had 1 rule, post before you leave, and a second “rule”, include “rule” in the title as a reference to the 1 rule.
It’s not actually enforced of course, but it’s part of the 196 culture
The question was why. The community name and sub on reddit was clearly seen on all views
Thats as best of a why as we got. Sometimes things don’t have clear reasons or origins
They answered the “why”.