Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as liberal activists

Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by anjc on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @09:38AM (#18238784)

The speed at which the media have rounded against this meme is breathtaking. Are some memes inherently powerful and just need to be controlled? Why are they powerful? How much longer can 30 year old boomers be let sip Monsters outdoors? It's not right.

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by jobigoud on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:14AM (#18239217)

Yes some memes are more powerful than others. Like biological replicators, they score on longevity, fecundity and fidelity.

For example many religions have a clause where if you stop believing you go to hell. Or if you don't teach it to your children you are a bad person. Very powerful mechanism.

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by anjc on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:35AM (#18239470)

Ok but what makes a certain meme have enough power that it then has fecundity/fidelity? There must be a resonance between powerful memes and 'human nature' or else they surely wouldn't propagate (e.g. fear of death, in the case of the 'hell' meme).

I suppose what I'm wondering is: is this meme making people fret that they might actually be NPCs? It must be resonating with people or else there wouldn't be uproar.

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by fenwick67 on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @09:52AM (#18238923)

"30 year old boomers"?

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by andun on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @09:53AM (#18238947)

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/30-year-old-boomer

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by patrickg_zill on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:03AM (#18239082)

siiiippp

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by adamnemecek on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @09:39AM (#18238794)

Memes are propaganda on steroids.

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by 706f6f70 on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @09:48AM (#18238881)

Could say the same about most journalism today as well.

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Re:Twitter has barred hundreds of accounts for posing as lib... by OldJackHinson on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @12:04PM (#18240383)

"NPC meme" is to 2018 as "Common Sense" is to 1776.

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