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New on SSIR: You can has memesez?

Amy Sample Ward

That song, “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, quickly also became the soundtrack to an Internet meme —that is, an idea that spreads online (“ I Can Has Cheezburger? That’s right, a widely recognized nonprofit organization has created a parody so that it can propagate a meme. Why meme at all?

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Ah f**k: YouTube takes down classic ‘I can’t believe you’ve done this’ meme

The Verge

Case in point, this week YouTube removed the original upload of the “Ah f**k, I can’t believe you’ve done this” meme, rejecting an appeal from its creator (and the guy who can’t believe this was done) and claiming that the clip violates the company’s “violent or graphic content policy.”. Well, that's that then.

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Loot is a viral social network that looks like nothing you’ve ever seen

The Verge

When I wrote in March about non-fungible tokens , or NFTs, I tried to dazzle you by rattling off some of the more impressive sales numbers from the time: $600,000 for the Nyan Cat meme, $5.8 There is more than a little of the mania that fueled this winter’s meme stock enthusiasm to be found on the crypto Discords.

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Bring a Question: Creative Commons Hosts TechSoup Social Channels on September 17, 2014

Tech Soup

For example, if you're looking for music, artwork, or other content that you can freely remix, republish, and reuse as part of your digital story, there's a Creative Commons license for that, too. Memes are a fun, easy way to create engaging content, especially for social media. Your Questions. Don't know what to ask?

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Free E-Book: NetworkforGood Giving Day Planning Guide

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Making it easy for your champions to do the work is also important and you’ll find lots of templates and examples that you can remix on the Knight Foundation’s Giving Day Playbook and toolkits on the GivingTuesday site. Let your champions and supporters roll with adapting and remixing your content or jumping onto fun memes.

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Ten Web2.0 Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes To Be A More Successful Nonprofit Professional

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" He uses the ten things in ten minutes meme and writes the Ten Web 2.0 So, I'm remixing this memo into. Stephen Downes points to Lisa Neal's " Ten Things You Can Do In Ten Minutes To Be A More Successful E-Learning Professional." Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes to Be a More Successful E-learning Professional.

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NpTech Tag Summary: 10 Web 2.0 Things You Can Do In Ten Minutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Inspiration may come from outside our silo and together we'll remix it. " He uses the ten things in ten minutes meme and writes the Ten Web 2.0 So, I'm remixed this memo into Ten Web2.0 Stephen Downes points to Lisa Neal's " Ten Things You Can Do In Ten Minutes To Be A More Successful E-Learning Professional."

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