Timeline of Internet Greatest Hits (no, these are not memes)

You can see it better, as well as add more hits (wiki-style) here. And internet memes are questionnaires that people tag each other to do. These are fads or hits, not memes.

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Some things spread like wildfire across the blogs. But, can an artificial meme, designed specifically to measure the speed of its spreading, spread as fast? If we know its speed, can we know its position at the same time, and vice versa?
Matt and Mrs.Whatsit tagged me with the 7-meme and 8-meme and I have bee
I got tagged with a meme by Greg who is trying to track the branching tree of this meme, so go check his post out (especially let him know if you do one of your own).
Over at Uncertain Principles, Chad writes:

I disagree, internet memes are just ideas replicated. "The internets" is a good example that's on there. They don't have to be questionnaires.

Oh my god.

From 'The Spirit of Christmas' on, thats my life.

My understanding of the word 'meme' is that it is something reproduced and copied over and over within a community. That can refer to those questionairres OR to videos, images, and the like. Rickrolling or saying 'DO NOT WANT' are also memes. It's a hard word to define, but I know one when I see one.

There is an "ate my balls" reference. I am satisfied.

By WHARRGARBLE (not verified) on 19 Dec 2008 #permalink

John and El are is right, a meme is any idea replicated (coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene). An internet meme is any meme that happens on teh intertubes. Calling those questionnaires "memes", which is a use I've mostly seen on Livejournal and the like, isn't exactly wrong but it's like calling Internet Explorer "The Internet".

By mister me (not verified) on 27 Dec 2008 #permalink

There is a difference between "meme" and "Blog Meme". Even if we ignore the vacuity of the former in the field of cultural evolution, it has a much more broader meaning than the latter term, which is highly specific.