this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2024
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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. Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
  2. Be nice.
  3. No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
  4. Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

By that (definitely incorrect) definition, all content on any mass media is a "meme".

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That is actually the original definition when Richard Dawkins first coined the term. Basically it is an idea which spreads through the minds of people who repeat that idea. But it's definitely not the commonly understood definition in a community name like "microblog memes"

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Considering how many memes everywhere are just screenshots of a social media post, I'd say it is the practical definition.