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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Back then I suspect the average person was a lot less likely to piss someone off who knew their name and was willing to target them

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago

Unless your name was Sarah Connor, of course.

[–] albbi@piefed.ca 1 points 3 months ago

You'd think so, but then Facebook came around and people would write all sorts of crap with their names attached.