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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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[–] The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Control of information is the real power.

Look at every dictatorship. Look at extremism. Look at wife beaters ffs. If someone is trying to DDOS the Internet Archive then someone is trying to mess with the free flow of information.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I doubt it. If someone wanted to do real harm they would launch a more traditional attack

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

DDoS is the most traditional brute force attack you can hit a website with.

Setting fire to the servers is trickier.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

They could target an employee in a phishing email or leave USB drives on the doorstep

[–] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Again, a lot more work than a ddos