Is Know Your Meme safe?
No gore allowed on site, but level of violence varies based on the meme. Examples range from verbal aggression and physical threats to cartoon weapon use. Pornography not allowed on site. Posts containing nudity and sexually explicit material must be labeled Not Safe for Work (NSFW).
Who started Know Your Meme?
Rocketboom
Know Your Meme
| Type of site | Encyclopedia |
|---|---|
| Owner | Literally Media Ltd. |
| Created by | Rocketboom |
| Editor | Don Caldwell |
| URL | knowyourmeme.com |
When was Know Your Meme made?
2008
In 2008, developer Jamie Wilkinson (now head of product at Kickstarter) built an online companion database. That’s Know Your Meme as we know it today.
How old is a meme?
meme, unit of cultural information spread by imitation. The term meme (from the Greek mimema, meaning “imitated”) was introduced in 1976 by British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in his work The Selfish Gene.
What do you mean by Know Your Meme?
Know Your Meme (KYM) is a website and video series which uses wiki software to document various Internet memes and other online phenomena, such as viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, Internet celebrities and more. It also investigates new and changing memes through research, as it commercializes on the culture.
When did the Know Your Meme Project start?
Know Your Meme includes sections for confirmed, submitted, deadpooled (rejected or incompletely documented), researching, and popular memes. The Know Your Meme project started in September 2007 as a recurring segment inside of the Rocketboom video series and a wiki destination site to support the documentation of Internet memes.
Who is the author of Know Your Meme?
Know Your Meme also has a forum section, blog, and shop. Dr. Sean Rintel, who wrote The Automated Identity blog, described Know Your Meme as “lucrative, self-supporting research that blends the humorous and the serious.”
How many confirmed memes are there on Wikipedia?
As of January 2017, the database contained more than 2,700 entries of “confirmed” memes. The administrators have a say on what gets confirmed and what gets “Deadpooled” or rejected. Some of the meme entries are graphic and Not Safe For Work (NSFW). NSFW entries have warnings placed along the top of the entry and ads are usually disabled.
