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Im ordering

I was ordering from the vending machine
by aungstmeister December 8, 2022
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Force-Ordering

When you order something that you know you don't like on a sandwich, pizza, etc. hoping to force yourself to like it, but you end up begrudgingly taking it off when you get it because, let's face it, you're never going to like it.
I was at McDonald's the other day and I was force-ordering onions
by Bruh24/7 March 26, 2015
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Shadow ordering

Shadow ordering is a variant of shadowban. Instead of hiding your posts completely, a social media platform will send them to the ends of lists where few are likely to see them. At the same time, they lie to you: tricking you into thinking your posts are doing better than they are.

For instance, when you leave a reply on Twitter and then look at the reply page, your reply will be right at the top. However, if you then look at the same page while logged in to another account, you might need to scroll page after page to see your reply.

In some cases, you might need to click 'Show more replies' to find your reply. Twitter calls tweets after that link 'LowQuality'. They have a second 'AbusiveQuality' section even further down.

Only in rare cases does any of this make sense. Twitter usually elevates low-content replies while suppressing higher-quality content. Their ranking is based more on popularity, the number of people who block you, a desire to protect verified users from dissent, etc. Only in some cases is this based on ideology: in the USA, both liberals and conservatives are heavily impacted by shadow ordering.
"Look, my reply to the GOP is at the top of the list!"
"Uh, no. I'm logged in to my account and I had to scroll 20 pages to see your tweet. They tricked you using shadow ordering."
by 24Ahead January 6, 2023
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Older than the Internet

Any internet meme or phenomenon which was both popular enough and has been around long enough that a random sampling of the Internet population would likely produce a majority of individuals who have already heard about it and moved on. Even though the subject of the meme may indeed be older than the inception of the World Wide Web, the phrase always refers to the meme itself.

The word "older" thus implies the use of hyperbole, because an Internet meme obviously cannot be older than its own medium of proliferation.

The phrase is most often invoked when said meme is regurgitated by n00bs who are taking their first wild drive on the "Information Superhighway"; or by idiots who refuse to admit that the meme is just no longer amusing.

Variations include: "As old as the Internet" or playfully misspelled: "Older than teh Interwebs"
Guy #1: "all your base are belong to us!"
Guy #2: "LOL! We get signal!"
Guy #3: "Main screen turn on!"
Guy #4: "I hope you lame-asses realize that AYB is older than the internet. GTFO."

n00b: "... and if you open it up, you get thirty-two double-A sized batteries! Check out this video if you don't believe me."
dude: "Don't tell me you actually believe that crap. That hoax is older than teh Interwebs."

PHB: "Can you change the email link here to one of those 3D spinning e's? 3D is the future, you know."
Underling: "Sir, 3D may be the future, but the spinning e animated GIF is as old as the Internet."
by GreyWyvern January 11, 2010
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