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

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    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

    Edit2: sorry, got stuck looking at the voidposts and realized the biggest incident was 7 months ago, so need to scroll a bit down with that query but you should also see the voidpost memes :)

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        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!

        Edit: and also some people have deleted their original accounts with all of their posts, so could be that we are missing the true numbers of voidcatposting incident

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          no worries🤗

          this still works great for some mental relief for me🤌👌💖

          Thanks and I hope your day goes great!🍀

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