A meme for your thoughts
I remember when Facebook was about casual conversations, posting and commenting on pictures and sneakily keeping up with one another’s lives (more than we would like to admit). As it evolved so did we and it became a platform for self expression; an online space for sharing opinions and asserting your individuality.
Then the meme phenomenon took over.
What is a meme you ask? (Hopefully to humour me and not because you really don’t know.)
A ‘meme’ by popular definition is a virally transmitted cultural symbol or social idea. A meme, rhymes with ‘team’ (you are welcome), behaves like flu or a cold virus, travelling from person to person quickly, but transmitting an idea instead of a life form. Today, memes travel much faster than simple speech. Like Facebook and Twitter updates, instant messages and web page links, memes travel instantly via the internet.