“Many” may be me editorializing, but “internet people” implies that it’s not just one person posting the same thing in many places around the web and people liking it.
Then you disagree with the above definition saying “[…] that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users […]”, I’d rather use a definition that excludes basic Twitter screenshots, but I’m not dying on this hill.
“Many” may be me editorializing, but “internet people” implies that it’s not just one person posting the same thing in many places around the web and people liking it.
Why not? A meme is piece of culture that transmits akin to a gene. It just uses media as its medium instead of living tissue.
It may not be a “good meme” if its not propigated by others, but its still a meme.
Then you disagree with the above definition saying “[…] that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users […]”, I’d rather use a definition that excludes basic Twitter screenshots, but I’m not dying on this hill.
… at least,