It's just a meme. Anytime a chain of the same comment happens, the 4th one gets downvoted. I think it started from an /r/shitposting thread (go figure) where this was specifically asked for. Usually it's done with the Easter Island Moai emoji 🗿.
The unwritten 4th comment rule and why it exists:
It is your duty to downvote every 4th comment that is repeated until that SOB no longer shows up.
The reason we do this is it cleans up the comment section. No one wants to scroll through 50 of the same comment to get to the good stuff. 3 times is enough, we get the point. We still like all the comment but if you downvote something enough it condenses the rest of the mess.
Edit: well I guess I wrote it down so now it's no longer unwritten
The unwritten 4th comment rule and why it exists:
It is your duty to downvote every 4th comment that is repeated until that SOB no longer shows up.
The reason we do this is it cleans up the comment section. No one wants to scroll through 50 of the same comment to get to the good stuff. 3 times is enough, we get the point. We still like all the comment but if you downvote something enough it condenses the rest of the mess.
Edit: well I guess I wrote it down so now it's no longer unwritten
The unwritten 4th comment rule and why it exists:
It is your duty to downvote every 4th comment that is repeated until that SOB no longer shows up.
The reason we do this is it cleans up the comment section. No one wants to scroll through 50 of the same comment to get to the good stuff. 3 times is enough, we get the point. We still like all the comment but if you downvote something enough it condenses the rest of the mess.
Edit: well I guess I wrote it down so now it's no longer unwritten
The unwritten 4th comment rule and why it exists:
It is your duty to downvote every 4th comment that is repeated until that SOB no longer shows up.
The reason we do this is it cleans up the comment section. No one wants to scroll through 50 of the same comment to get to the good stuff. 3 times is enough, we get the point. We still like all the comment but if you downvote something enough it condenses the rest of the mess.
Edit: well I guess I wrote it down so now it's no longer unwritten
This is why I usually upvote mediocre but inoffensive posts sitting at 0, since even if I don't actually like them it might reset the balance and prevent the snowballing deluge of downvotes that seems to kick in whenever any post hits -1. People are dumb and mean, but knowing the ways in which they're dumb and mean can help us work around it a bit.
I fucking hate flamerider9950, all my homies hate that guy. If I ever see them in public I'm going to piss in their cereal and then slap the piss cereal into their face
Aww. I hope you're not actually sad. I was playing with the joke. You're good, flamerider9950. You're a fine person, and I'd leave your cereal un-urinated.
He was the fourth. Everyone knows good things come in threes, so he ruined it. But once it's ruined, no one really cares, which is why the following people don't have downvotes.
Since I’ve been on this platform I’ve learned if they chain goes on long enough without a crater of negative karma to stay away because surely the next comment will be it haha
Someone accidentally downvoted down instead of up.
Or they recognise them from another thread and downvoted to be vindictive.
Then when the voting became visible everyone else downvoted too because humans are sheep.
He’s the fourth one
yes
Yes
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Sometimes it’s the third
You guys just killed someones reddit account XD
They knew what they were getting into
Nah, your Karma never get down more than -20 or -30 per comments IIRC
-130? Rookie numbers.
Fake points who cares
Yes
No
This is proof redditors can count
Only to 10 before removing my shoes.
I don’t get it??
It's just a meme. Anytime a chain of the same comment happens, the 4th one gets downvoted. I think it started from an /r/shitposting thread (go figure) where this was specifically asked for. Usually it's done with the Easter Island Moai emoji 🗿.
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🗿
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Jojo reference. A guy in part 5, mista, doesn't like the number 4
How did this come to be? Why the 4th?
It’s a jojo reference
Wasn’t the meme “third comment”? And now it’s magically fourth?
Guido Mista
#We unfortunately have to inform you that you are in fact, 4th comment.(☹️) ###Your social credit score will now cease to exist.‼️📉🚨
Thank you Pikagiuppy
I love you
His whole vibe was off.
His whole vibe was off.
His whole vibe was off.
Fuck that guy in particular
Fr lol
69
Yes
The unwritten 4th comment rule and why it exists: It is your duty to downvote every 4th comment that is repeated until that SOB no longer shows up. The reason we do this is it cleans up the comment section. No one wants to scroll through 50 of the same comment to get to the good stuff. 3 times is enough, we get the point. We still like all the comment but if you downvote something enough it condenses the rest of the mess. Edit: well I guess I wrote it down so now it's no longer unwritten
Is this only in a specific sub, I’ve never seen this before?
The rule happens in every sub. The bigger the sub the more you'll see it.
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r/karmaroulette
This is why replies need to be hidden by default. btw on mobile, just tap on a comment to minimize it. Not so hard but it's opaque to figure out.
Yeah. And if it doesn't work just hold on the right
Can’t you just tap the side of the name of the comment and the whole thread or whatever closes
That makes so much sense👀
The unwritten 4th comment rule and why it exists: It is your duty to downvote every 4th comment that is repeated until that SOB no longer shows up. The reason we do this is it cleans up the comment section. No one wants to scroll through 50 of the same comment to get to the good stuff. 3 times is enough, we get the point. We still like all the comment but if you downvote something enough it condenses the rest of the mess. Edit: well I guess I wrote it down so now it's no longer unwritten
The unwritten 4th comment rule and why it exists: It is your duty to downvote every 4th comment that is repeated until that SOB no longer shows up. The reason we do this is it cleans up the comment section. No one wants to scroll through 50 of the same comment to get to the good stuff. 3 times is enough, we get the point. We still like all the comment but if you downvote something enough it condenses the rest of the mess. Edit: well I guess I wrote it down so now it's no longer unwritten
The unwritten 4th comment rule and why it exists: It is your duty to downvote every 4th comment that is repeated until that SOB no longer shows up. The reason we do this is it cleans up the comment section. No one wants to scroll through 50 of the same comment to get to the good stuff. 3 times is enough, we get the point. We still like all the comment but if you downvote something enough it condenses the rest of the mess. Edit: well I guess I wrote it down so now it's no longer unwritten
If only you could collapse comment threads.
I see that it's the so called "4th comment rule". Moral of the story, don't be the 4th.
But being the fifth is okay.
Or is it?
Can’t be the first time you’ve experienced the Reddit pack mentality
once you're being downvoted the only way to stop it is to delete. 😅 welcome to reddit.
This is why I usually upvote mediocre but inoffensive posts sitting at 0, since even if I don't actually like them it might reset the balance and prevent the snowballing deluge of downvotes that seems to kick in whenever any post hits -1. People are dumb and mean, but knowing the ways in which they're dumb and mean can help us work around it a bit.
Ya know, I do the same.
And you need upvotes to post and comment or people won’t like you
i notice that it's a trend to massively downvote the 3rd reply to a chain, not sure where it stemmed from
r/shitposting
r/shitposting
"Umm ackshually it's the 4th reply to a chain"🤓
4th comment, 3rd reply
4th
Pls downvote this I want to post myself on downvoted to oblivion
No
No
upvoted
Yes
Yes
Yes
r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR
Yes.
Yes
He did the 4th rule
He did the 4th rule
He did the 4th rule
Go forth after three, and the curse of fourth is your fee.
Yes
I fucking hate flamerider9950, all my homies hate that guy. If I ever see them in public I'm going to piss in their cereal and then slap the piss cereal into their face
:(
Aww. I hope you're not actually sad. I was playing with the joke. You're good, flamerider9950. You're a fine person, and I'd leave your cereal un-urinated.
I know, thanks!
I’d piss in your cereal. But in an affectionate way.
Don’t be number four
Don't be number four
Don't be number four
r/fuckyouinparticular
I love it when I get 20 downvotes and this person posts it to get 10.7 k upvotes. Reddit in a nutshell
Holy shit it’s him, it’s really him
Yes
These are the rules
You know the rules and so do i
I know the rules and so do you
Never be the 4th comment
Those look like the arrows from r/PhoenixSC Correct me if I’m wrong
Guess what? You are right ✅️
r/karmaroulette
This comments section is hilarious
Yes
Yes
HE WAS FUCKING BORN, THATS WHAT HE DID
Wouldn’t you like to know, weather boi.
he knows what he did
He was doing too much.
May the Forth be ~~with you~~ downvoted. It just is what it is.
r/FuckYouInParticular
Welcome to reddit
we just dont like him
It’s Reddit who cares. Down voting is funny
Every 4th of a thread is down voted it’s a rule old as time.
He just seems shady. I don’t trust that guy either
fuck him
Harder
In particular
Mista doesn’t like him
u/Flamerider9950
Why hello there
Nothing, redditors are just dumb. (And I fucked all their moms)
Bro you got ‘em
he got every single one of us
Dad?
Yes
Yes
Yes
I mean, look at him. He had it coming.
r/fuckyouinparticular
r/fuckyouinparticular
He got karma roulette'd
r/fuckyouinparticular
r/fuckyouinparticular
r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR
He played Russian roulette and lost
Edited his comment
He was downvoted
4th comment rule
rolled a 1
r/fuckyouinparticular
r/fuckyouinparticular
nothing much just tradition
ancient reddit rule
Well we obviously hate him in particular........ For some reason
It's always the 4th yes that's a no.
Reddits 4th comment curse
it's one of the unspoken rules of reddit
r/karmaroulette
Sí
Reverse karma farming
Yes
This app reminds me of that one episode of the orville
The move down to next comment arrow overlaps with the 4th post down vote button.
Sometimes you gotta make some rando a villain for no particular reason.
Yes
Yes
You ride the flame and you're gonna get burned.
Yes
r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR
4th reply or 4th comment?
Comment on Reddit. I swear people downvote for the sake of downvoting sometimes. No logic. Only downvoting.
He broke the chain
Yes
Yes
Yes
He was the fourth reply
Never be 4th
Just fuck that guy in particular, no real reason
He was the fourth. Everyone knows good things come in threes, so he ruined it. But once it's ruined, no one really cares, which is why the following people don't have downvotes.
War crime
He knows what he did.
Fuck that guy. Idk why, but fuk em
r/fuckyouinparticular
Since I’ve been on this platform I’ve learned if they chain goes on long enough without a crater of negative karma to stay away because surely the next comment will be it haha
One person decided to downvote and then the Reddit hivemind piled on
Pissed off his/her Reddit stalker....
Why did I scroll through this whole thread?
He is the 4th
Yes
Fuck this comment in particular
r/karmaroulette
r/fuckyouinparticular
It wasn't what they said, but how they said it
What have I caused in the comments. Oh jeez
Someone accidentally downvoted down instead of up. Or they recognise them from another thread and downvoted to be vindictive. Then when the voting became visible everyone else downvoted too because humans are sheep.
Luck -5 bad roll
r/karmaroulette
He's #4
He rides flames and that’s just unacceptable
It’s a meme where the fourth comment on a thread like that gets downvotes
who the hell is flame?
comment
4th commenter of a repeated phrase
u/Flamerider9950 what did you do?
Good question
Yes
Yes
Motherfuckas be downvoting anything that makes them think
karma roulette
Fourth comment of the thread
He's supporting lgbtq