Erica Swallow
jamiew: Here’s a quick and dirty map of internet memes extracted from Know Your Meme. Yes, the US and Japan dominate global memetics (or, at least, they do based on the site, which has its own – recognized, now being addressed – cultural biases). But there’s a huge number of memes coming from almost all corners of the globe. —Ethan Zuckerman Loved Ethan’s keynote at ROFLCON. Better cross-cultural understanding through lolcats — let’s make it happen.

jamiew:

Here’s a quick and dirty map of internet memes extracted from Know Your Meme.

Yes, the US and Japan dominate global memetics (or, at least, they do based on the site, which has its own – recognized, now being addressed – cultural biases). But there’s a huge number of memes coming from almost all corners of the globe.

—Ethan Zuckerman

Loved Ethan’s keynote at ROFLCON. Better cross-cultural understanding through lolcats — let’s make it happen.

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    sprechen sie lolcat? ja.
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    Ethan is brilliant, and I love watching people react to his ROFLcon keynote, especially as he is on his way right now to...
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    Weekend was worth it for this keynote. Lots to think about.
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