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Rule 196 is what I'm assuming you're talking about. It was a subreddit that gained popularity due to only having one rule, which is to post before leaving. The sub started after it's predecessor, r/195, was shut down by the moderators
Ok. But what was r/195?
And why did it shut down and have to be replaced by r/196 ?
Reusing a comment i made a few days ago, "It's based off r/195, which was a sub where the main rule was that you had to make 1 post before leaving, that sub closed down a few years ago, then r/196 was made to replace it. IIRC r/195 was originally for some peoples apartment, with the name just being their apartment number. Eventually other people joined in because of the rule and it snowballed from there."
To add onto that, r/195 shut down because the mods didn't feel like running it anymore as it became to much to handle.
The shut down was a bit more cryptic, after almost ten years they just said the "experiment is over" and shut down lol
Oh, just found this write-up from the original creator, apparently people just suck: https://i.redd.it/lgpet1ydu2v71.png