I was definitely guilty of this ^
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Top Panel - Gordon Ramsey scowling with the caption “You fucking donkey.”: Seeing an old repost on [Reddit logo]
Bottom Panel - Gordon Ramsey hugging a child with the caption “Oh dear, oh dear. Gorgeous.”: Seeing an old repost on [Lemmy logo]
It will, because people will become tired of scrolling through meters of stuff they have already seen. It will start by people downvoting things they have seen multiple times, then they will try to block users doing it and if it doesn’t help the complaining will start.