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If you don't want to police your social media circle, just let Bill do it
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 24.1.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | meme, research/study, selfie, social media
Summary | A new meme is policing how people should behave on social media. The format of the meme always goes like this: "This is Bill. Bill does [blank]. Be like him." accompanied by a stickfigure drawing of Bill. The meme is popular in various countries with different lanuguages. It shames users who overshare or post too many selfies, etc. A recent poll conducted by Bing has shown that 40% of Facebook users think their friends statuses are boring and 25% think that their friends post too many selfies.
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The problem with becoming an inspirational meme
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 9.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | (mental) health, meme
Summary | The author of the article was suprised to see that her commute home from work had become a meme. She was photographed while riding her bike wearing heels and looking "determined". The comments were quite positive (e.g. "making it work", "divas bike too", or "goals"). However, the author then started to question those positive comments. Why is determination linked to a willingness to risk one's life? People nowadays seem to glorify work in an unhealthy way. For instance, the fact that a 94-year-old woman has been working at McDonald's for 44 years seems to be something people should be striving for.
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