People Twitter

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People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.

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I know just where to put this! (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/whitepeopletwitter

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I believe it comes from an old joke trend from years ago on reddit when people were naming their subs ____ people _____. "White People Twitter", "Old People Facebook", "Young People YouTube"

This was one of the few that stuck around, but it ultimately evolved to just a place for Twitter posts (beyond the joke title, people didn't truly want it to seem race exclusive, because that would be weird)

[–] jballs 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think r/BlackPeopleTwitter was created first. Then r/WhitePeopleTwitter was created as a parody, but then kind of became a catch all for tweets in general.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So tyical black people stuff on r/blackPeopleTwitter? Black humor, etc?

[–] jballs 5 points 5 months ago

I don't even know if it's a specific type of humor. Literally the top few posts are just tweets but black people, but not related to race at all. A few examples: