Thanks! A long time ago I had some stuff that never featured and a front pager that went back to submitted status. Then I noticed other users having front pagers that disappeared too. Long story short, try to always add your own unique text (captions) on submissions, they will have a much better chance of featuring.
This is the only site I'm on, so copying not an issue, plus I'd rather make my own anyway! I do remember a while ago when I created some "quiz" type memes with no text, they never featured!
I liked that one:) Sometimes I see popular template and custom template memes that either have no captions, or captions set to font size zero. I think they are at risk if they get high on the Hot pages. Swiggy had a front pager go back to submitted recently imgflip.com/i/21q7os I think the revised Submission Guidelines will help some users avoid that situation.
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