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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm probably not the right person to explain it as I still only have a rudimentary understand of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@embrcrndm @altima_neo I'll just say this: I'm currently sending this from Mastodon. Your instance and my instance both use the ActivityPub protocol which is likened to email by many people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@embrcrndm No kidding :)

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