For those of you who don't know, 9gag is a social media website on which anonymous people post funny or interesting content in form of pictures or gifs. That content is generally called "memes". If you don't want to post memes, you can scroll through the site and enjoy other people's work. But if you want to post them and become successful, I will teach you some basics to do so.
Success on 9gag isn't about the money (because you can't earn any) or fame (because you're anonymous). It's about having fun and bragging rights. It's about proving to your friends that you can make it to the "hot page", even though they told you that it was impossible. It's about proving to your mom that you're actually good at something... Anyways, there are three pages which your meme has to go trough to become popular. There are "fresh page", "trending page" and previously mentioned "hot page". Let me explain how those three work. When you first post your meme, it appears on the "fresh page". There you must collect certain amount of points for it to appear on the "trending page". If in a small amount of time it collects even more points (no one knows how much) it will be featured on the "hot page". That's the place where you want your meme to be.

(Hot, trending and fresh page)

Now that we covered the basics, let me share some pro tips with you memer wannabes. First off you should never try to post original content. Your best chance at becoming successful is to follow the trends. If you're not familiar with the current trends, you should spend some time on hot page researching. If you don't get some jokes, try finding a explanation in the comments. While you're there, screenshot some funny ones, and try posting that. Sometimes they can get you some mad points.

(example)

Post things that are relatable to large number of people. 9gagers love when they can relate to something. In that case, your captions should look something like this: "Only 90's kids will remember", "There are two types of the people", "All girls dress the same", etc.

(example)

9gagers also love gifs, so you have greater chance to succeed if you post gifs. If you don't have funny idea for gif, just download something funny from the youtube.
If you're a type of guy who likes to do nothing and expects results, you can steal memes from other people. Just make sure the meme you stole is old enough so that less people notice that you stole it. Of course, you will still encounter that one guy in the comments who has to let everyone know that you're a "reposter". Don't worry about him. Just call him a hater and he will go away.
Remember, posting on 9gag is about having fun. Don't try too hard to make something funny, because it will be noticeable. Have fun, follow these tips and you will be successful in no time.
(L. Pocrnčić)