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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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[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I've been hearing a lot of complaints that memes are now just screenshots (or "screenshots") of text posts from other platforms. I'm guessing that's the reference.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Are we having a meme cultural revolution? Or is this MMMA (Make Memes Memes Again)?

[–] xcutie@linux.community 4 points 3 months ago

Hello old friend