Site Tracks Memes That Spread On ‘The Internets’
“Leave Britney Alone!” “The Dramatic Chipmunk.” “Don’t Tase me, Bro!” “All Your Base Are Belong to Us.” “Rick Rolling.” “The Star Wars Kid.” “Pwned!” You’ve heard about these “memes” (bits of cultural information that spread like viruses), but where do they come from and when did they first emerge? A new Web 2.0 site called INTERNET MEMES tracks and chronicles them from 1996 through the present. Here’s the condensed version with comments, etc. Here’s the full screen version.
Original post by Mike
