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Not exactly - the definition of meme as originally coined by Richard Dawkins [1], and as has been adopted to describe internet memes [2] is pretty well understo

by scoot 15y ago

Not exactly - the definition of meme as originally coined by Richard Dawkins [1], and as has been adopted to describe internet memes [2] is pretty well understood (outsite of 4chan ;-) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme

nightpool 15y ago
Actually, you'd be surprised. 4chan pretty well understands the difference here, as a lot of their memes are the non-image-macro types. They were the ones that invented the concept of the "forced meme" and other meta-meme terminology.
- scoot 15y ago
  Fair point: :%s/4chan/reddit/g