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'''Trends''' are fashionable events and manners that have been done by wasteof.money users. Trends don't usually last for a long time, meaning the ones listed here might've ended long ago, or might still be popular.
'''Trends''' are fashionable events and manners that have been done by [[wasteof.money]] users. Trends don't usually last for a long time, meaning the ones listed here might've ended long ago, or might still be popular.


== Wasteof Trends ==
== Trends on wasteof.money ==
=== you should use a stronger password ===
=== "you should use a stronger password" ===
On 30th July, 2022, user [[User:Ari|ari]] jokingly created a post saying "ari you should use a stronger password"{{Citation needed}}. Quickly after, a lot of people have made posts similar to that<ref>https://wasteof.money/search?q=stronger%20password</ref>
On 30th July, 2022, user [[User:Ari|ari]] jokingly created a post saying "ari you should use a stronger password"{{Citation needed}}. Quickly after, a lot of people have made posts similar to that.<ref>https://wasteof.money/search?q=stronger%20password</ref>


=== Repost chains ===
=== Repost Chains ===
{{Main|Repost Chains}}
{{Main|Repost Chains}}


Repost chains were when a user reposted a post, following a theme or piece of text.  
Repost chains are when a user reposted a post, following a theme or piece of text.  


While wasteof2 would automatically hide reposts after 2 iterations, wasteof3 did not have such a restriction, and repost chains could clog up feeds.  On August 5th, 2022, a user began mass-spamming repost chains, which forced the website into maintenance. After this occurred, the ability to repost other reposts was disallowed.<ref>https://wasteof.money/posts/62ecdf0c349ae85fd6a601d1</ref><ref>“the limit is that you can now only repost the original post and not any of the reposts”</ref> This change is only temporary.<ref>error message when attempting to repost a repost: "for technical reasons you cannot repost a post that is itself a repost (this is temporary)."</ref>
While [[wasteof2]] would automatically hide reposts after 2 iterations, [[wasteof3]] did not have such a restriction, and repost chains could clog up feeds.  On August 5th, 2022, a user began mass-spamming repost chains, which forced the website into maintenance. After this occurred, the ability to repost other reposts was disallowed.<ref>https://wasteof.money/posts/62ecdf0c349ae85fd6a601d1</ref><ref>“the limit is that you can now only repost the original post and not any of the reposts”</ref> This change is only temporary.<ref>error message when attempting to repost a repost: "for technical reasons you cannot repost a post that is itself a repost (this is temporary)."</ref>


=== Sent from … ===
=== Sent from … ===
After Jeffalo got a new laptop he made a post<ref>https://beta.wasteof.money/posts/62fbd0aa312c64cba06ef6e4</ref> saying he sent it from a MacBook Air<ref>“Sent from my MacBook Air”</ref> Quickly after a lot of people sent posts from mysterious places like Samsung smart fridges<ref>https://beta.wasteof.money/posts/62fc32951998fa5ef8c14a77</ref>
After [[Jeffalo|jeffalo]] got a new laptop, he made a post<ref>https://wasteof.money/posts/62fbd0aa312c64cba06ef6e4</ref> saying he sent it from a MacBook Air<ref>“Sent from my MacBook Air”</ref> Quickly after a lot of people sent posts from mysterious places like Samsung Smart Fridges.<ref>https://wasteof.money/posts/62fc32951998fa5ef8c14a77</ref>
 
=== wuilly Profile Pictures ===
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Trends are fashionable events and manners that have been done by wasteof.money users. Trends don't usually last for a long time, meaning the ones listed here might've ended long ago, or might still be popular.

Trends on wasteof.money

"you should use a stronger password"

On 30th July, 2022, user ari jokingly created a post saying "ari you should use a stronger password"[citation needed]. Quickly after, a lot of people have made posts similar to that.[1]

Repost Chains

Main article: Repost Chains

Repost chains are when a user reposted a post, following a theme or piece of text.

While wasteof2 would automatically hide reposts after 2 iterations, wasteof3 did not have such a restriction, and repost chains could clog up feeds. On August 5th, 2022, a user began mass-spamming repost chains, which forced the website into maintenance. After this occurred, the ability to repost other reposts was disallowed.[2][3] This change is only temporary.[4]

Sent from …

After jeffalo got a new laptop, he made a post[5] saying he sent it from a MacBook Air[6] Quickly after a lot of people sent posts from mysterious places like Samsung Smart Fridges.[7]

wuilly Profile Pictures

These are profile pictures that are created by the administrator wuilly. He recreates the user’s profile picture in Microsoft Paint.

  1. https://wasteof.money/search?q=stronger%20password
  2. https://wasteof.money/posts/62ecdf0c349ae85fd6a601d1
  3. “the limit is that you can now only repost the original post and not any of the reposts”
  4. error message when attempting to repost a repost: "for technical reasons you cannot repost a post that is itself a repost (this is temporary)."
  5. https://wasteof.money/posts/62fbd0aa312c64cba06ef6e4
  6. “Sent from my MacBook Air”
  7. https://wasteof.money/posts/62fc32951998fa5ef8c14a77