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> I remember that one day the frontpage was exclusively t_d posts. Insane stuff. Shortly after, they changed the algorithm. That was the day reddit officially jumped the shark.

This was definitely a turning point of Meme War I.




Maybe this is a joke, but it's the truth.


> Maybe this is a joke, but it's the truth.

Not meant as a joke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetic_warfare

>Memetic warfare on the part of 4chan and r/The_Donald sub-reddit is widely credited with assisting Donald Trump in winning the election in an event they call 'The Great Meme War'. According to Ben Schreckinger, "a group of anonymous keyboard commandos conquered the internet for Donald Trump—and plans to deliver Europe to the far right."




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