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After years of foundering, I have tried my best to revive memes.org, http://www.memes.org, as the same sort of neutral resource for cultural content and discussion it was back in 1999-2005.

I love memes and memetics. Back in the day, 1999, Memes.org started as a virtual community much like the Well, http://web.archive.org/web/19991009202002/http://memes.org. It was pretty cool and had a following. Later, I turned it into one of the earlier collaborative blogs, 2001, http://web.archive.org/web/20010515223431/http://memes.org. Actually, Memes.org was covered by Boing Boing in 2001, http://www.boingboing.net/2001/11/14/memesorg_attempting_.html, and in the NYTimes as well, http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/26/arts/26meme.html?ex=1256529600&en=f7984c657b13f0e3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt.

Well, then it was over. The dark ages came, Memes.org became crap. No, I am attempting to revive the site using the same sort of format, "by us, for us," but with newer, cooler, tools. Here's the mission:

Anyone can register, http://memes.org/user/register, anyone can post, http://memes.org/node/add/blog, and only the community can judge content as being good or bad. There's a "flag this" button as well as tools for voting, using off the shelf Drupal tools, for now.

Here's the stated mission:

"The mission of Memes.org is to look at culture, religion, science, entertainment, technology, politics, government, conspiracy, the environment, and the Internet through the lens of memes and memetics — seriously but with a sense of humor. This site is collaborative and will succeed or fail based on our participation. Memes.org is by us, for us. You are encouraged to register and start participating."