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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The way things are going, KnowYourMeme will be the only reputable journalistic outlet in a few years.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Except far-right chuds routinely snatch up meme pages for culture war related controversies to control the narrative. Most notoriously during the gamergate era, but they also did this with the recent Godot nontroversy.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago

Didn't places like buzzfeed or the huffington post also start out as clickbait bs sites and now are reputable journalistic outlets? It could happen!