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Have memes caused more good or more harm?
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resolved Mar 12
More good
More harm

By "memes" I mean so-called "internet memes", not memetic self-replicating patterns in general.

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Did they cause anything at all?

to those who voted good: what good are you thinking of?

@anonymous Comedy is a good way to get people to consider ideas they would otherwise be resistant to

@Snarflak in this sense, i think it's like rhetoric. i don't think human susceptibility to rhetoric has been net good.

@anonymous Really? Why?

Memes have replaced debates, not good

More harm, mostly because they distract people from productive activities to scrolling Reddit

@CDBiddulph would love to hear why you think memes did more harm than good

@Soli Pretty much the reason Shaked says above

@CDBiddulph do you and @ShakedKoplewitz consider any form

of play a waste of time? Did the invention of gaming consoles also caused more harm than good? What about board games?

Sad, another dud. @Pykess I think the art you submitted is going to be the best for a while.