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   5/19/07

   gbecerra

   A meme is a blog post that covers a specific theme and asks (tags) other bloggers to do the same. For example you might have a meme to list your 3 favorite movies.
   
   You would post your 3 favorites, maybe say something about them like why they are your favorites, and then you tag (ask) others by listing links to their name and/or blog. You probably only want to tag someone that you have some level of communication with. And you should contact that person somehow to let them know they have been tagged (many people don't track who is linking to them).
   
   Different meme ask that you tag different numbers of people. I've seen people tag from 3 to 10 people, but I personally think more than 3 is a bit much. The people who are tagged (including you) should create a link on their version of the meme to the person that tagged them and the people they tag.
   
   There are two main purposes: 1. this generates links between blogs and helps blog visibility for everyone involved. 2. This can help reader to get to know various bloggers better since many of these memes ask to write about somewhat personal things. And it has a tendency to link like minded blogs together (unless you are a random tagger).
   
   Hope this helps.

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   5/19/07

   Hummie

   Here's my post that I babbled about when I first found them and wondered what they were. There is a link to a site that lists them.
   blog.hummiesworld.com/2007/04/memes.html

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   5/20/07

   marjie

   Basically, it's a blogging version of chain letter to which you are expected to write your own materials on a certain topic that the meme contains, and pass it along to other bloggers of your choice (most meme requires five bloggers or more). that's also called "tagging" someone.
   
   hope this helps!

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      5/20/07

      marjie

      btw....a couple from mine is posted in this page (incase you wanna take a look):
      polypocket.blogspot.com/search/label/tagging%20me%20it