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| − | '''''Know Your Meme''''' is a website created by ''Rocketboom'' in December 2008 that documents various memes and other internet phenomenon. It bears a slight resemblance to [[Wikipedia]] in the sense that anybody with an account can contribute meme entries, images, and comments. | + | '''''Know Your Meme''''' is a website created by the ''Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies'' in December 2008 that documents various memes and other internet phenomenon. It bears a slight resemblance to [[Wikipedia]] in the sense that anybody with an account can contribute meme entries, images, and comments. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Know Your Meme's history dates all the way back to December 2007, as "evergreen content" reports.<sup>[http://knowyourmeme.com/about]</sup> In December 2008, the official website was started up. In their August 09, 2009 episode focusing on the meme [[Weegee]], they | + | Know Your Meme's history dates all the way back to December 2007, as "evergreen content" reports.<sup>[http://knowyourmeme.com/about]</sup> In December 2008, the official website was started up. Ever since then, they've been researching and collecting memes for their database. In their August 09, 2009 episode focusing on the popular meme [[Weegee]], they summarized [[Youtube Poop]] as "clips of cartoons and other assorted junk strung together to form nonsensical moving images on [[Youtube]]," albeit this description may be considered to be rather specific and may only describe some Youtube Poops. |
| + | ==Trivia== | ||
| + | Surprisingly, they recognize [[YouChewPoop]] as the possible creator of the "[[:Image:Cool_story_bro.jpg|Cool Story, Bro]]" meme.<sup>[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cool-story-bro]</sup> | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
[http://knowyourmeme.com/ The Official Website]<br /> | [http://knowyourmeme.com/ The Official Website]<br /> | ||
| − | [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/youtube-poop Their Article on Youtube Poop] | + | [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/youtube-poop Their Article on Youtube Poop]<br /> |
| + | [http://www.rocketboom.com/ The ''Rocketboom'' website] | ||
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[[Category:Websites]] | [[Category:Websites]] | ||
Revision as of 12:11, 5 January 2010
This article is a work in progress and so may not be ready for public viewing, and content can change at any time. You can help by contributing to it and discussing on its talk page. You may want to read the articles Youtube Poop, Encyclopædia Dramatica, and 4chan in the meantime (January 2010)Know Your Meme is a website created by the Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies in December 2008 that documents various memes and other internet phenomenon. It bears a slight resemblance to Wikipedia in the sense that anybody with an account can contribute meme entries, images, and comments.
History
Know Your Meme's history dates all the way back to December 2007, as "evergreen content" reports.[1] In December 2008, the official website was started up. Ever since then, they've been researching and collecting memes for their database. In their August 09, 2009 episode focusing on the popular meme Weegee, they summarized Youtube Poop as "clips of cartoons and other assorted junk strung together to form nonsensical moving images on Youtube," albeit this description may be considered to be rather specific and may only describe some Youtube Poops.
Trivia
Surprisingly, they recognize YouChewPoop as the possible creator of the "Cool Story, Bro" meme.[2]
Links
The Official Website
Their Article on Youtube Poop
The Rocketboom website
