this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
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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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[–] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because before the numbers weren’t really part of your username, they didn’t show up in chat etc and you only really used them when trying to find a specific user. But now they will actually be part of your username and show up everywhere. You also don’t really get a choice, you’re either the first person to want your username or you’re forced to include numbers

[–] YellowTraveller@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But now they will actually be part of your username and show up everywhere.

Well not really, they added account wide display names for that

[–] Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oh I didn’t realise that