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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] 40 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wasn't this literally the shady research that Facebook got caught doing with Cambridge Analytica? Specifically tweaking a user's feed to be more negative resulted in that user posting more negative things themselves and more engagement overall.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I wonder exactly how much of Hawaii Zuckerberg has to own before people start to question what they are getting from facebook.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Yep!

Facebook figured out how to monetize trolling.

Over 10 years later, it's destroyed society, but made them a lot of money.