Redditors will call any old shitpost silksanity these days. If the subreddit hasn't been wholly consumed by as-you-know baitposting about a release that hasn't happened or a civil war over the simplifications of a self-referential meme, it isn't silksanity
#hollow ramblings#“are we going silksane because it's been six months since the last upda-” no.#i saw all of silksanity from beginning to end. this is not silksanity this is a bog standard silkpost inspired shitpost.#you are not silksane. you are not capable of being silksane. i had silksanity but now i don't. you are not silksane#my working theory is that silksanity arises when there is (a a large existing fanbase to inherit#(like the soulsborne fanbase for r/Eldenring or the hollow knight fanbase for r/Silksong)#(b some factor that prevents discussion of the silksanity topic in said existing fanbase's communities#(can't really discuss elden ring in the dark souls subreddits and r/HollowKnight ended up being mostly focused on the first game)#(c lack of news or release for a long period that makes there be very little to actually talk about and encourages making up your own topic#and (d a lack of overly strict moderation#r/Crowsworn has not gone silksane because there is no existing fanbase to inherit.#r/Deltarune while some of the pre-3/4 deltarot got close has not gone silksane because of frequent newsletters/toby posts.#despite what my friend is trying to tell me r/Persona and r/Skylanders have not gone silksane because there's actual discussion#about existing games happening in those subreddits.#r/Bloodborne has not gone silksane because the mods there are really strict compared to elsewhere.#another factor is the anticipation drowning out other discussion#r/HalfLife only goes silksane around game showcases because they have a bunch of games to talk about and no confirmation of hl3.#r/NineSols will likely not go silksane because there's no plans for a sequel and the fanbase isn't large enough to sustain itself for years#r/BatmanArkham went silksane in spite of this but it took them nearly a decade to do so#so it is possible to go silksane with existing games if the community is big enough it just takes forever#anyways that's my thesis on reddit anthropology
