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Author: Chris Abraham
Date: Aug 6, 2007 10:56

Hello all,

After years of foundering, I have tried my best to revive memes.org,
http://www.memes.org, as the same sort of neutral resource for
cultural content and discussion it was back in 1999-2005.

I love memes and memetics. Back in the day, 1999, Memes.org started as
a virtual community much like the Well, http://web.archive.org/web/19991009202002/http://memes.org.
It was pretty cool and had a following. Later, I turned it into one of
the earlier collaborative blogs, 2001, http://web.archive.org/web/20010515223431/http://memes.org.
Actually, Memes.org was covered by Boing Boing in 2001,
http://www.boingboing.net/2001/11/14/memesorg_attempting_.html, and in
the NYTimes as well,
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/26/arts/26meme.html?ex=1256529600&en=f7984c657b13f0e3&ei....

Well, then it was over. The dark ages came, Memes.org became crap. No,
I am attempting to revive the site using the same sort of format, "by
us, for us," but with newer, cooler, tools. Here's the mission:

Anyone can register, http://memes.org/user/register, anyone can post,
http://memes.org/node/add/blog, and only the community can judge
content as being good or bad. There's a "flag this" button as well as
tools for voting, using off the shelf Drupal tools, for now.
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Re: Memes.org Relaunches         


Author: Rufus Opus
Date: Aug 6, 2007 12:25

On Aug 6, 1:56 pm, Chris Abraham gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, then it was over. The dark ages came, Memes.org became crap.

Yeh, the thing about memes is that they generally pass through humans.
Being >70%% water, human beings (and anything passing through them at
the time) actively seeks the lowest level.
> "The mission of Memes.org is to look at culture, religion, science,
> entertainment, technology, politics, government, conspiracy, the
> environment, and the Internet through the lens of memes and memetics -
> seriously but with a sense of humor. This site is collaborative and
> will succeed or fail based on our participation. Memes.org is by us,
> for us. You are encouraged to register and start participating."

The problem is the Secret to Power popularized by RAW. It's a sad sad
fact.

-R.O.
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