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Reddit Auto-Refresh Feed Annoying Moment Shrek Meme

This is a two-panel relatable meme using characters from the Shrek franchise to joke about the common frustrating experience of Reddit automatically refreshing a user's feed while they are scrolling through posts. In the top panel, Shrek has a tense, forced smile, captioned 'TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE FEED', representing the user calmly browsing their feed. In the bottom panel, Shrek turns in shock toward a doorway where Donkey is standing; Shrek is labeled '*REDDITORS' representing the platform's unwanted auto-refresh function, and Donkey is labeled 'POSTS GETTING REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY' representing the interruption that makes users lose their place mid-scroll.
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Overview

This is a two-panel relatable meme using characters from the Shrek franchise to joke about the common frustrating experience of Reddit automatically refreshing a user's feed while they are scrolling through posts. In the top panel, Shrek has a tense, forced smile, captioned 'TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE FEED', representing the user calmly browsing their feed. In the bottom panel, Shrek turns in shock toward a doorway where Donkey is standing; Shrek is labeled '*REDDITORS' representing the platform's unwanted auto-refresh function, and Donkey is labeled 'POSTS GETTING REFRESHED AUTOMATICALLY' representing the interruption that makes users lose their place mid-scroll.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit, with its original title given as 'Can you please not refresh my feed...' moment. It references a widely complained about feature of Reddit's interface, where feeds automatically refresh while users scroll, resetting their position. The meme uses the popular existing Shrek Donkey doorway reaction meme template, which is commonly used to depict unexpected unwanted interruptions.

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