Quote Originally Posted by Sheero View Post
There is an old quote "pen is mightier than sword" but I think it should be changed as "meme is mightier than sword" to be apt to the current trend. Memes are photos of people or a scene from a film with text added on them. Nowadays the memes are the easiest and fastest way to spread a news.It may be a social awareness thing or an entertainment based thing,people feel it easy to get the information and it takes only a few seconds to share it!.

But the worst part is that people keep spreading news through memes just because they're viral without even knowing whether it's a true news or not.It also plays a major role in spreading extremism.They even trigger the emotions and beliefs of people and some times creates unwanted problems.


Some memes steps into another level by changing the concept from trolling to harassing and finally everyone ends up having awkward moments.In my view social harassment through memes have increased a lot, where people have started to create memes only to expose their anger on a particular person or a group.

What's your opinion about the memes? Do they promote online harassment and extremism?
As long as it doesn't criticize someone in an immoral way, the creativity of memes is fine.
I've seen memes which criticize a person's appearance and disability. If we choose to avoid them, then memes lead the way to journalism. They speak millions of words just with an image. They provoke thoughts(good and bad), and the creativity is damn good sometimes.