meme

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A meme in the context of the IndieWeb is a special photo (or photo reply) post consisting of a funny or provocative image with a brief text note overlaid on top of it, usually in all capitals white text outlined in black, similar to a single-pane comic, yet with text that reads like prose rather than a caption.

In general a meme is an idea that propagates through minds by replication (the idea itself encourages those understanding it to propagate it to others).

IndieWeb Examples

Aaron Parecki

Aaron Parecki on aaronparecki.com since 2018-08-02 (at least, may be earlier examples)

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  • posted as a photo reply in-reply-to an IndieWeb note

Chris Aldrich

Chris Aldrich example from 2022-05-11 (possibly earlier examples)

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  • posted as a photo reply in-reply-to this tweet https://twitter.com/ViRAms/status/1524549207515881472

See Also

• posts
• note
• comic
• Possible ideas for meme creation UIs: 2018-08-01 The Atlantic: As Memes Evolve, Apps Are Struggling to Keep Up / Everyone is racing to build a killer meme-making tool.
• https://dev.to/rly Oreilly book cover generator
• Example indieweb memes https://scojjac.com/2022/05/11/chris-aldrich-motivated.html
• Kapowski
• Example: Scott Jack: https://twitter.com/scojjac/status/1529588161990606852
  • "Join the IndieWeb POSSE. https://indieweb.org/posse" @scojjac May 25, 2022
• Issue / lifecycle: when brands jump on memes to promote themselves, it usually indicates the meme has run its course and brand usage thereof will likely drive away popular sharing and enthusiasm: https://twitter.com/alexkrokus/status/1686018963250040833
• ^ image:
• ^ issue is when memes stop being indie or indieweb and are turned into commercial or corporate messaging