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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this is just pointing out the problem.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is actually:

Meme - noun

  1. an idea that is passed from one member of society to another, not in the genes but often by people copying it
  • Other cultures have similar versions of this meme.
  • the political and cultural memes of the 21st century
  1. an image, a video, a piece of text, etc. that is passed very quickly from one internet user to another, often with slight changes that make it humorous
  • an internet meme/a blog meme

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/meme

It's a meme in the same sense that some SCPs are described as memetic. Being humorous is not a requirement, though it is often the intention.

[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

By Dawknin’s original definition (cultural) memes are ideas, behaviors, styles, or practices that spread within a culture by imitation (Greek mimema, meaning “imitated”) and carry symbolic meaning. Some examples would be the “Keep Calm And Carry On” posters during WW2, the concept of the “American Dream” or toasting with glasses.

However in this context we’re talking about internet memes which is not synonymous with cultural memes. An internet meme is a picture or video that is funny, ironic, or relateable.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Eh it absolutely is synonymous. And in the broader point that Dawkins made that you are missing out on is that evolution can act on these units. Since there is a selective pressure we should hardly expect them too look the same over time unless they are particularly well suited, case in point:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

an image, a video, a piece of text, etc. that is passed very quickly from one internet user to another

This still fits even with the context.