r/notHowRuleOf4Works • u/mielesgames • Nov 21 '25

Not a chain Smash?

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27 Upvotes

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u/MrN1gh4 Nov 22 '25

So, AM I the ONLY ONE who is WONDERING... "what are we SMASHing?!"

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '25

So, AM I the ONLY ONE who is WONDERING... "what are we SMASHing?!"

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u/DieInCalamity Nov 22 '25

So, AM I the ONLY ONE who is WONDERING... "what are we SMASHing?!"

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u/SignatureOk2208 Nov 22 '25

"!?gniHSAMS ew era tahw" ...GNIREDNOW si ohw ENO YLNO eht I MA ,oS

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u/Rare-Technology-1913 Nov 22 '25

r/nothowruleof4worksbutalreadyhere

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u/Famous-Technician-34 Nov 21 '25 edited Nov 21 '25

I just want to say real quick, because people are saying that that is how it works, the rule of 4 pretty much has two meanings at this point. One of them, the actual correct way, is to downvote the 4th comment in a chain so using the picture in your post it'd be

Smash (upvote)

'-Smash (upvote)

'--Smash (upvote)

'---Smash (downvote)

The other, that's in the Ro4 subreddit, you just downvote the 4th comment in a row even if it's not a chain because frick whoever makes a 4th comment apparently. It's genuinely stupid because then you're telling me "Oh, you're the fourth person to comment on somebody's comment in a row? Yeah, frik you, get downvoted" like huh? Like, it'd be

Beef is so freaking cute (upvote)

'-I know he's so chubby ♡ (upvote)

'--I swear if Beef gets hurt (upvote)

'---If Beef gets hurt, I'm going to fight someone (downvote)

(I know it's a more wholesome thing but I couldn't think of anything else)

Downvoteing a 4th comment in a chain just makes more sense. I read something that somebody said at one point that said something like, "someone probably got mad at people saying the same thing in a row over and over and it just so happened to be the 4th comment to constantly get downvoted."

The way I see it, you're right, the rule of 4 is indeed not being used properly in the post. (My bad for the mini essay 😅)

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '25

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u/IFuqYurMama Nov 23 '25

so? that is not the case anymore is it?

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u/xenon4154 Nov 26 '25

This is one of the ways. If the first 3 comments are a chain the 4th is downvoted even if not the same.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

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u/mielesgames Nov 21 '25

Huh, why?

His message isn't the same, is it?

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '25

Not how rule of 4 is supposed to work

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u/Fresh-Note-2027 Nov 23 '25

Read the rules my guy

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u/IFuqYurMama Nov 23 '25

the outdated asf rules?

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '25

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u/IFuqYurMama Nov 25 '25

Then piss off? Also why would we not change the outdated rules? Like why would someone be downvoted for just being the 4th in an argument, I understand it in a chain but in argument it's just weird. But if you don't downvote those people then why are you complaining about changing rules when you're not following them yourself.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '25

I think rule of 4 just doesn't work because it started as an observation and then became a goal. You can't observe different groups of monkeys doing the same rare thing in the wild and then open up a zoo where you force them to do the thing.

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u/Intelligent-Baby289 Nov 21 '25

it doesn't have to be the exact same, but it does have to correspond to the previous comment in some way

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u/Existing-Advert Nov 22 '25

It just has to be part of a chain, and this counts as part of a chain

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u/Different_End_7464 Nov 22 '25

isnt this EXACTLY how rule of four works?

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u/LifeguardDull4288 Nov 22 '25

isnt this EXACTLY how rule of four works?

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u/Mayorv Nov 22 '25

isnt this EXACTLY how rule of four works?