I’m pretty sure it started on Lemmy.world but I wish I saved (/had a better way to search for) the starting post :(

  • Lazycog@sopuli.xyz
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    18 days ago

    The biggest catposting incident on lemmy was when people started “void posting” in cat community on lemmy.world.

    Black cat images made it to the top of /all for several days. Here’s the list of those images (lemmy search with cat community and with keyword “void”):

    https://lemmy.world/search?q=void&type=Posts&listingType=All&communityId=29&page=1&sort=Old

    They don’t have as many upvotes but a year-two back lemmy didn’t have as much activity as now. Still made it to /all

    Edit: edited query to sort by “old” to get the oldest ones first

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      18 days ago

      There should be a catposting holiday on Lemmy if there isn’t already. As a cat-lover, I’d approve. Especially voidies.

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        18 days ago

        Glad you found what you were looking for and happy to help! :)

        I think it started in the cat community and spread elsewhere, but couldn’t come up with a better query, sorry :( enjoy the voids!