epidemian

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[–] epidemian@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

ditching Twitter as far as I see has no downside.

I'm curious: have you ever liked Twitter?

Because i could understand not seeing any downside to leaving a site if one has never actually liked it. But, many people liked (and still like) Twitter. I personally have known many interesting people there, and even started some nice in-person friendships. I don't like at all what's become of Twitter; i have it now blocked through the LeechBlock extension so i don't fall into doom/shit scrolling. But i think there's still some good in there. I can totally understand how many people would find it difficult to fully leave; myself included.

[–] epidemian@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

it’s not a meme unless it goes viral.

If you want to be pedantic, it'd be good to know that that's not what a meme is. A meme is a unit of cultural information—analogous to a gene being a unit of genetic information. A meme may not go viral, just like a gene might not be successfully copied onto other generations, but it's still a meme nonetheless :)