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This post was selected because it's a social media post, and we want to know how you reacted to the influx of such posts.

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Not really a meme

Not a meme, it's a Pokemon advertisement

Reminds me of how happy I was when it came out. I saw the world in a similar way.

Pop culture reference is close enough to a meme for me

Not really interesting, just a throwback

Nostalgia is not necessarily a healthy emotion

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This one was selected because of the comic content. I'm happy to see you seem to love them.

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Not a meme

It's heartwarming and sweet

Very wholesome and inspires OC on the Subreddit, yay!

4AMshower are the best webcomics <3

Again in my last comment, it should make the reader happy and brighten their day a little. This is cute.

This is pretty wholesome, can't see a reason why it shouldn't be approved

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This one is a social media one, too, but this time as a reddit comment, so we wanted to see what you thought about them.

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It feels like it is genuinely sweet, and made me smile reading it.

wholesome, but not meme

not a meme, just a reddit comment

Its fine because I havent seen a ton of it, but I'm wary because this is very low effort and dont want a trend of just finding/posting nice answers in various subreddits.

Though a bit long, It's still a positive post

Not wholesome, is mean D:

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Here is a classic AdviceAnimals-style meme. Good stuff, because Bob Ross.

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Bob Ross

Bob Ross

This sub is all about bob Ross

I think it's a bit low effort and specific.

Wholesome. A meme. Also chuckle-worthy when you consider the headline. Yes good.

Bob Ross

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This one is a trick one! This post was actually removed, and I'm happy so many of you spotted that it's basically an ad.

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Wholesome but not a meme

Is wholesome, but too sad to be a meme

I don't want /r/wholesomememes to turn into /r/UpliftingNews (e.g. "my brother has cancer and will die tomorrow but look at this cute elephant the hospital gave him!")

Non-meme. Too corporate as well

Add custom tag and then keep it.

This feels too much like feel-good advertising

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Semi-social media one. Borderline /r/wholesomepics in my opinion, so your approval helps us nudge it in the right direction.

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Enthusiastic teachers are the best :)

This would fit in the wholesome-me-irl sub, if there was one

Low effort. Could use any stock photo of a positive person in a classroom.

This is 100% a wholesome meme

Dank may may

What's not to love? A straightforward post embodying genuine positive emotions.

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This is a wholesome meme, but this is also a trick one! This image, as many of you knew, has been reposted many times in the sub, and so this was removed.

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Common repost

Successfully supplants a meme promoting negative behavior with positive behavior.

Good message. strange picture of captain america for no reason. Let the community decide.

It was funny and wholesome but posted like five times recently

It's not very good content bit It IS wholesome

I'm an athlete and drink over a gallon of water every day and always remind all my friends to stay hydrated every day. This is helpful and friendly with that as I try to be

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This one, unsurprisingly, is a meta meme. We do allow them, but the disapproval of this one confirms that the 'Meta' filter was good idea.

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Meta

Extremely low effort post, image macro, self-referential.

MEME!!! Belongs here with its wholesome comrades

Is not actually wholesome but only speaking of the subreddit. More suited over at r/funny.

Advice animals should stay in its own subreddit, but using said Advice Animal in the comments is okay

I like it, but I don't think self-congratulatory posts should be mod-approved to keep it from becoming a circlejerk

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This one is a straight-up meme and of course you've approved the devil out of it! It's good to have these examples to calibrate the general feeling towards memes in our sub.

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Meme

Successfully supplants a negative meme with positivity.

Ok this is lovely because it reminds me of that feeling you get from helping others. This is r/wholesomememes

:) <-- this is how this post makes me feel

It's a meme. It shows positivity. It's not the best post by any stretch of the imagination, but I think it definitely fits the criteria for wholesomeness. Although it could also be seen as somewhat of an ego-trip by the poster, since they're humblebragging about their own wholesomeness.

Good outtake on showing that true friends help you in times of need! I like posts that show the "reversal meme" while the original version was less wholesome

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This one is a tricky one. I personally think it's a bit low effort and would rather see it with superimposed text instead of the title taking the load. So, in essence this post was selected because it's a meta post and because it relies so heavily on the title.

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Meta

Literally just a stock photo. Painfully bad.

This is the kind of meta I enjoy. Sweet, cute, and wholesome without feeling like it's just meta for the sake of being meta.

Wholesome, meme, turns expectations on head

These posts aren't memes...But I feel like they are a big part of what makes r/wholesomememes a community, and the positive place that it is, and more than just a collection of pictures. I think they are very important to a lot of people who visit wholesomememes to find positivity, love, and a sharing, caring community that we are

Kind of low-effort but still funny and sweet. Would only allow a few meta posts like this though. Too many meta posts and we'll become me_irl

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This one is also a double whammy. It's reddit comment content and the title is, in my opinion, less than ideal. In general, it seems like you don't like these memes as much as the others, so we should look into that.

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Not a meme

It is a cute story. I am not sure about the wholesomeness level - but I don't know. Maybe that is just my opinion. Maybe the original thread about fucking with people is what strikes me as too negative.

doesn't really fit in the sub, also profanity

I'm unsure but LEANING towards remove due to the inclusion of the un-wholesome cynicism of the last included comment, plus it's a comment like thing in the first place which puts it on shakier ground than a pure meme or comic.

Again, I like posts from Reddit ending up in r/wholesomememes. It shows that people can be genuinely nice to strangers - and it has definitely influenced my own behaviour towards strangers in a positive way!

Isn't a meme, but unlike the first example of a screenshotted comment from that thread, it's less uplifting/wholesome. That puts it just on the "remove" side for me.

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This one is very interesting. Again, social media content, and very wholesome at that. This one was also selected because it's a very infected subject in general, and we actually had to lock the thread because of islamophobic comments and general uncivility. Despite this, a massive majority of you decided to focus on the content, which I agree is the right way to deal with this.

User notes

No meme.

While it is wholesome, it's a bit charged politically, and could have the potential to go off the rails in the comments. Though seriously, this gave me a warm fuzzy feeling.

The response isnt faked; it's very uplifting in the face of a tragedy. If it was just the first guy offering to donate, i would reject it, but the mosque responding positively is nice and good content.

The original intent behind the comment was malicious and the responder turned it around to show that the troll wouldn't have their way today. I don't know if this is a meme though. And it seems like it could start some arguments. I'd really like limited or barely any politics on this sub. It's my place to escape all the terrible thigs happening in the world and just smile because things are going to be okay.

Awesome reaction to a islamophobe, 10/10 post

The face of /r/wholesomememes (or it should be!) because it turns something negative into something positive. Plus you don't necessarily need any more context, this post stands on its own. Edited memes/comics posts sometimes requires viewers to know the original to appreciate. I'm saying we need more posts that can stand on their own.

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This one is also meta, and the title is not ideal. We love when you show us support and we will allow meta posts, but as always, it's good to see your input.

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Not a meme

Im mixed. I feel like why are you submitting an image, when youre clearly in the process of making a post, but why screenshot it.

While it is heavily meta and off-topic I feel like it's easy to browse through wholesomememes for the positivity but forget that we are all trying to be positive to each other. Knowing that an actual person is there to support us if we need to talk to someone can be helpful. If this kind of post isn't to be approved, I would support a sticky being put up where people can just post positive messages and "message me if you want to talk" comments for people to see.

ugh. this is hard

Nice and motivational.

bit boring if its just a text picture

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Another trick one! This was removed because it's just a picture, and so should be posted to /r/wholesomepics. We included this in the survey to see how you felt about a format we normally ban, and the general opinion in the user notes section confirms that it's best left outside our sub.

User notes

Not a meme

This shows that sometimes we have to ask for help and sometimes we have to give it. It doesn't matter race, color, religion or origins, most people will be happy to help you no matter what or who you are.

SO WHOLESOME not a meme but STILL WHOLESOME

I don't think it will get a lot of views because it's not very much of a deed and awkward too, but it's wholesome, so no need to delete it

Not necessarily a meme. Instead it's just a nice act of kindness. While I love seeing people being kind to each other, it's unfortunately not a meme. I love the message though!

This is facebook-esque content... like the mma-fighter with the flag of flags

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This is in the category we like to call "/r/aww content". We've seen a big influx of posts that could've done well in /r/aww or /r/mademesmile that would fit better in those subs. But it seems you love doggos and smol animols as much as the rest of reddit! Of course we aim to remove posts that are just pictures of cute animals.

User notes

SO WHOLESOME

who doesn't love puppers. but... there are tonnes of subs for dog pictures. we have to differentiate ourselves a bit, because stuff like that tends to float to the top 100% (who would downvote a beautiful puppy just because it isn't very relevant?) and drown other content. we don't have anywhere else to go for that other content.

DOGGO

After my rant in a modmail about how the sub was turning into /r/puppers, I don't think this needs any further explanation.

"Good boy" =/= wholesome.
"Good boy" = dog.
Dog = cute (sometimes)
Cute =/= wholesome

This is sweet and a funny twist on the before/after memes. Plus dog is good boy.

Didn't think it was too cute until I read that his dog was deaf. I don't know what that says about me or the post. Going with other on this one.