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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] 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

We didn’t need more proof of enshitification of the internet but hete it is. A super cool bit of history and its main point online is to sell massproduced feetware.

The other day I learned about Peter Sunde his Kopimashin art project. I tried to find what became of it since because the plan was to make 13 and exhibit them in a musea and they theoretically would Bankrupt the music industry over a while. Yet the only information about it i can find is sensational articles from back then when it was just 1.