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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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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's also wrong for St Linus. He was a college student trying a project for fun when he started. Part of what makes Linux great is that it isn't something made from the ground up to change the world or to be its founder's career. It was an interesting project that was so useful it wound up being adopted and evolving into what it is

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

He was visionary for knowing that he couldn't do it all alone but instead of making a company he open sourced his project.