Spend anytime on the Internet and you have to quickly stay on top of acronym after acronym. SEO, SEM, PPC, LOL, SMM, Y2K, TTL, OMG….and now, Meme. What the heck? That is what my kid calls my wife’s mom ( his Granny ). Well, that aint the kind of Meme I’m talking about.
A Meme ( sound it out like Mem e ) has a couple of boring and confusing definitions:
1. An idea that can replicate and evolve.
2. A unit of cultural information that is a basic idea posted by one person that can then be transferred from one person to another and then subjected to mutation, crossover and adaptation.
3. The cultural counterpart of genes - a value or pattern of behavior that is passed from one generation to another.
Huh?
An Internet meme is any kind of viral information ( such as a funny video or blog post ) that prompt inspiration from other bloggers. Meme’s can be questions like: “What is your favorite Movie?” or “Tuna fish. Water or oil? What do you add to make yours?” They are quick inserts that prompt people to react and expand on the submissions and thoughts of others.
If you are looking for a collection of meme’s to get you going, check out The Daily Meme.
I guess the next obvious “big, hip thang” will be the Papa.