Shitposting vs Shit Posting

What is Shitposting?
Shitposting, in its broadest terms, refers to low quality, non-productive posting in internet forums and discussions, sometimes meant to include sharing memes. Some definitions state that it is content used to provoke maximum impact or engagement with minimum effort.

In this group, large portions of what is shared--images, jokes, videos, auto-completes, wrong answers only posts, even reposts--can be considered shitposting. They are usually humorous in nature, and are often but not always created to provoke some kind of response (sometimes laughter, but not necessarily).

For this group specifically, the modmins define shitposting as ((Holding point for official Modmin definition)).

Shitposting is not an excuse to be a shitty person or use Star Trek as a poor disguise for a personal soap box.

What is Shit Posting?
Shit posting is shitposting that is generally designed specifically to offend or enrage. While most shit posting is covered under the rules (specifically 2. Don't be a dick, 3. Don't be an asshole, 5. No spam or politics, and 6. Safe for work), it is the nature of shit posters to look for and exploit loop holes to maximize provocation and minimize consequences. If a post is designed to provoke actual, personally felt anger or offence (as opposed to, say, a heated discussion about a Trek related topic such as whether Janeway murdered Tuvix), it is likely a shit post, and will result in the removal of the post and possible banning of the poster.

There is an expression from a U.S. Supreme Court case Jacobellis vs Ohio regarding what does and does not constitute obscenity. The same holds true for shit posting. It has been paraphrased for your edification below:"'I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description ['shit posting'], and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the shitposting involved in this case is not that.'"The modmins of this group reserve the right to declare a shitpost a shit post when they see it based on the circumstances, community response, etc., even if it does not explicitly break one of the group rules, and enforce consequences accordingly.

The purpose of this group is to create and bring joy to each other via terrible Star Trek jokes and memes, be it the joy of a clever photoshop, a sense of community, or the groan following a particularly potent pun. If your post is a net negative on the joy-o-meter for the group, if it creates anger, sorrow, or frustration, and the only joy coming from it is the joy you get from watching others get mad, chances are it's a shit post, and the modmins will likely come for you with phasers set to ban.