Memes are spam... Or are they?
Part of the "point" of memes is to make the poster feel better about themselves, and partly to make this a "we" (impersonal, royal, vague) should do something about "them". Click and share and you'll be blessed.
But they also capture a very emotional reactive thought process, that people can really build on.... If they do a double take and ask themselves what is the essence of their reaction.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I've seen informative memes produced and shared online with medical biological or political facts so I would not say they are all spam. Though some can be spam, others can be useful as conveyors of knowledge/info.
demifeministgal
Level 8
Mar 27, 2019
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Memes are relevant, you are not. Frankly this is like complaining about electronically stored music replacing 8 tracks.
OpposingOpposum
Level 9
Mar 25, 2019
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Everyone can post whatever they like, as long as it’s within community guidelines. We don’t have to agree or not with what’s posted.
They don’t “make me think” or feel anything but I don’t mind the funny ones. It’s the mushy ones I could do without. Again, that is my own preference.
If you don’t like them scroll on..
Green_eyes
Level 8
Mar 25, 2019
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Funny, I feel the same way about 'mushy' ones. Exactly the same with greeting cards...if I buy a mushy one or overly sentimental one I usually take my pen to it and make it silly somehow.
In a way they are, especially here where someone tries to post one to a group but it gets blasted into the general feed anyways.
Typically they don't do anything but tickle the people who already agree and piss of the people who don't. I'm at a loss to remember a single instance of when someone said " wow, that really made me think" but then again I don't read all the comments on them.
I could pretty much do without them.
1of5
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Mar 25, 2019
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As far as i can tell, none of the stuff suggested by the site support forum, has helped much either. And weirdly enough, some of the same spammers are actually spamming that forum too. Fucking bitter.
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