In case you haven't heard

A new Redditor joins the site, and is delighted by all that he sees. During his browsing, he encounters an amusing comment that he has never read... and is dismayed when another user shrieks about it being a repost. "Well," the new Redditor replies, "I haven't read it, so it doesn't matter!" Days pass, and the Redditor continues his electronic journey. Then, one evening, he encounters the same comment, and the same complaints of it being a repost. "Well," the new Redditor answers, "I might have read it, but other people may not have!" Still more time passes, and the Redditor becomes well acquainted with much of the site's content. As he continues browsing, he encounters the same comment yet again, along with still another person decrying its recycled nature. "Well," the Redditor thinks, "I've read it, and a lot of other people have also read it... and now that I think about it, the person sharing it really only seems interested in karma. Still, I'll keep my mouth shut." Exactly a year later, the Redditor's Cake Day arrives. He logs into the site... and reads the same reposted comment. "That does it!" the Redditor shouts. "This is clearly not being dickbutt shared for its entertainment value, but for an easy karma-grab! It's not original, and the person posting it is acting as though they wrote it! Henceforth, I am only going to offer things that I made, and I'd encourage everyone else to do the same!" In response, another user - one who had just joined the site - replies: "Well, I haven't read it, so it doesn't matter!"