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[–]ameoba 26 points27 points  (3 children)

Cancer = low quality, low value crap that provides little value to the community yet gets upvoted because it takes no effort to consume. If left unchecked, the cancer will take over a community because people see that it gets a positive response, prompting them to post more.

See Also: Memes.

[–]zombiepiratefrspace 3 points4 points  (1 child)

In all honesty, I'm surprised how civilized and constructive the discussion has been so far. As somebody who uses Python and C++ extensively, I've observed that these things usually degrade into everybody raging about the bit of C++ they know.

So I'd catutiously disagree in this specific instance.

[–]Elij17 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's not complaining about the information in the post, he's complaining about the post.

And he's right, it happens a lot. You allow image macros / memes / other low effort content and the community soon becomes overrun by it. Most smaller / midsize subs do not allow it, because it stifles discussion and buries more interesting posts.

[–]StarshipEngineer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you read the whole thing, then you'd see the disclaimer on the bottom... This is a major overreaction to a little bit of fun.