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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] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Isn't that Amazon's Mechanical Turk?

Is that still a thing?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The payout for Mechanical Turk was abysmal. You'd make more money walking down the street and picking up the occasional quarter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, it always seemed like flat-out exploitation to me.