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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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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Woah. That gives me an idea.

What if we used the internet to let people watch videos without downloading them anywhere? The video data could just flow from the server to the client, and rendered directly to a screen. I’m still trying to come up with a coherent name for the concept though.

[–] Logical@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe a word which likens it to how water flows in a river? How about rivering?

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You might have something there… but I’m not sure. I feel like we’re close, though.

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago

name idea: buffering hell