It gets used online for things, and there are whole communities devoted to shitposting, but I can’t find a clear set of rules for something to count as a shitpost. I remember querying whether a post on a shitposting community was witty enough to be a shitpost rather than just a shitty post, but of course not all the responses to that were terribly helpful!
I typically interpret it two ways:
- egregiously poor quality content, that does not contribute with a topic
- unpretentious content posted for the sake of fun and entertainment
Which is which depends on context.
A meme or post that has no deeper meaning. If you have to analyze it or think about it, you’re already past a shitpost. The point of a shitpost is the stupidity of its superficial, useless, low-quality humor
It’s possible to have a high-quality, high-effort shitpost, but it’s rare, since by nature, high effort posts tend to also be meaningful. In my eyes, this is peak high effort shitpost
That shitpost in indeed 🧑🍳 😘
I think of it as low effort but still has some slight potential to get a few laughs or start a conversation.
It’s posts that are a step up from piss-posting, but below regular unmodified posting.
What about shart-posting?
If it had a clear definition, we wouldn’t need a name like shitposting for it.
Shit (n): The waste that’s left when everything of use or value has been removed.
Pretty much any post that isn’t useful to anyone, is shit.
Its an opinion that the author wants to write off as a joke /s maybe sorta not really.
