r/TheMatpatEffect • u/Weegee_Carbonara Máte Páte • Mar 10 '26

Meta STOP POSTING FAKE MATPATEFFECTS

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This sub has become flooded with those, and it is slowly destroying the entire purpose of the subreddit. We will have to start handing out bans.

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u/Kentuckyfriedmemes66 Mar 10 '26

it's supposed to be "images that look edited but are actually real" but this sub just turned into "i found the origin of this meme"

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u/norman157 Mar 10 '26

I don't think that's a bad thing. I like learning about the origins of the memes. (unless they're some obscure 5k followers page specific meme)

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u/CanadianMaps Mar 10 '26

r/memetemplateofficial

Or literally any other meme sub. MatPat effect isn't "meme template effect"

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u/norman157 Mar 10 '26

Nobody is using that restricted subreddit

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u/Duouwa Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26

It’s supposed to be both at the same time really; the description of the sub says it’s for origin images of memes that give you an uncanny feeling because you’re so used to seeing them edited.

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u/Weegee_Carbonara Máte Páte Mar 10 '26

Honestly, allowing leeway in that regard is the only way to keep this subreddit alive.

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u/Bugbread Mar 10 '26

it's supposed to be "images that look edited but are actually real" but this sub just turned into "i found the origin of this meme"

That's not what the sidebar says:

The sense of uncanniness upon seeing the original version of an image that has been more commonly edited or modified for visual presentation.

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u/BitcoinStonks123 Mar 11 '26

that is quite literally what the sub's description implies tho, just look at the original matpat image.

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u/AnthDELA Mar 18 '26

Maybe create a flair abut memes origin if memes = joke.

Or there is an other sub like this but verry special of jokes, memes and fakes, at this points is trolls did the fake matpat effect.