"A beme is a turbo-charged meme made possible entirely by the existence of the network affect. [...] A beme can cement an idea with the public in a way that cannot be legislated or regulated. &qu

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"Yesterday a story made the frontpage of Digg [...] As of right now the story has 2860 Diggs but the original submitter has also posted a retraction on Digg." It's all about the fact-checkin

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