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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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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Television ads are a grey area, they don't tend to track you and follow you around in a creepy way.

Sponsored content, is in my opinion very similar to TV ads, the sponsor is the same for all viewer of the vid in a similar way to TV.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 6 hours ago

They didn't track before the introduction of cable boxes with phone-home capabilities, at any rate.