# Shitposting "Shitposting" started as Something Awful forum slang for worthless posts in April 2007, then spread through 4chan, Reddit and Urban Dictionary across the late 2000s and early 2010s. By 2016, pro-Trump group Nimble America openly called their meme campaigns shitposting, pulling the term into US election coverage. ## Origin The earliest known use of "shitposting" appeared on the Something Awful Forums on April 10, 2007, when member OhSNAP!Tray applied the term to worthless threads in the site's BYOB subforum[1]. Weeks later, on June 28, 2007, Penny Arcade Forums member IHasABucket accused other users of shitposting in an argument about electronic dance music genres[3]. Urban Dictionary user jarrynkell filed the first "shitpost" entry on January 4, 2008[4], with a broader "Shit Posting" entry from user Chunky Milk following on March 26, 2010[4]. - **Platform:** Something Awful (viral spread across 4chan and Reddit) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2007 ## Overview Shitposting covers forum misbehaviors aimed at derailing conversations, including thread jacking, circlejerking and non-commercial spamming[5]. A typical shitpost is a low-effort, off-topic reply, often a tired image macro or recycled meme with no real connection to the thread it lands in[2]. On 4chan, the byproduct is nicknamed "cancer," and the /s4s/ (shit 4chan says) board is treated as the practice's spiritual home[5]. The tone is deliberately ironic and apathetic. Urban Dictionary described it as "an ironic artform of expressive yet apathetic funposting"[4]. By the mid-2010s the word had loosened, also covering out-of-context screenshots and stale memes passed around Facebook and other social sites[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Shitposting? Internet slang for user misbehavior aimed at derailing conversations, including thread jacking, circlejerking and low-effort off-topic posting[5]. ### Where did Shitposting come from? The earliest known use came from Something Awful member OhSNAP!Tray on April 10, 2007, in the site's BYOB subforum[1]. ### What does Shitposting mean? Posting unconstructive, low-quality or ironic content, often off-topic, on a forum or social site[4]. ### How do you use Shitposting? People shitpost by dropping tired image macros into unrelated threads, replying with recycled screenshots, or spamming off-topic replies to derail a discussion[2]. ### Is Shitposting still popular? Yes, by 2016 The Independent reported that pro-Trump groups like Nimble America openly used shitposting as a political tactic[2]. ## References 1. [https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s&threadid=2423243]() 2. [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/what-is-shitposting-donald-trump-us-election-2016-palmer-luckey-a7326111.html]() 3. [https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/2139335#Comment_2139335]() 4. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shitpost]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shitposting]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/4chan/comments/130e0b/now_this_is_what_i_call_shitposting/]() 7. [https://www.reddit.com/r/Braveryjerk/comments/1q0w58/mfw_i_get_updoged/]() 8. [https://funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/4721363/Le+shitposting+faic/]() 9. [https://encyclopediadramatica.wiki/index.php/Shitpost]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/shitposting Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library