
If you ever spent your nights in the mid-2000s refreshing news feeds instead of living an actual life, you probably remember Digg. It was chaotic, raw, and gloriously democratic. Anyone could post a story, and if enough strangers on the internet liked it, it became news. No algorithms, no influencer filters, just humans digging stuff they… Continue reading

If the internet had a national sport, it wouldn’t be basketball or chess—it’d be making a joke so contagious it turns into a market. That’s the memecoin phenomenon in one sentence: a punchline that escapes the timeline, spawns a ticker, and suddenly has a market cap larger than your hometown. Welcome to giveupinternet, where we study the… Continue reading

An internet meme is a concept or idea that is spread rapidly through the internet, often in the form of a humorous image, video, or piece of text. Memes can be based on existing media (such as a popular movie or TV show) or can be entirely original creations. They are often shared on social… Continue reading