Weekly Poll Result 9 - All On The Same Page

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Law is an effective and important way to control the security of a country but some times in the cyber law, things might get out of control sometimes. So in last week’s poll question, we wanted to know the readers’ opinion on whether do they feel some of the Internet Meme out there are violating certain people’s privacy. The result is not surprising as all of the respondents agreed that some Internet Memes are violating some people’s privacy.

In the some of the past posts that we have written, there are a few Internet Memes that violates people’s privacy. One of them is Internet users take pictures of “victims” and post it on the Internet without their consent. Even though these “victims” may eventually get the benefit from it such as becoming famous or getting a job opportunity, it is still violating their privacy.

Can you imagine that one day, your friend takes an ugly picture of you and post it on the Internet? And even though you might become famous in some way because of that but would you feel embarrassed especially when you see some other Internet users posting negative comments about the picture? If you do take note of the posts that we have posted, you will probably notice that the “Little Fatty” Internet Meme is an example of this violating privacy issue.

So based on the explanation above, we can see that why all of the respondents are on the same page as they agree that some of the Internet Meme out there are violating some people’s privacy just like the “Little Fatty” Internet Meme. In our opinion, maybe this issue is way too big for the officials or the “victim” to handle. Do you think this issue is not something serious, therefore should be ignored? Or you think that this should not be happening? If so, how do you think people can stop this? Share your opinion with us by dropping a comment in this post.


Advin

Weekly Poll Result 8 - Entertainment Gained

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When a person views news, blog posts, videos or any other similar content on the Internet, they usually gain something from it regardless whether it is purely just for entertainment or interests or nothing. And that is what we are trying to find out from this poll as we asked what you can possibly get by viewing Internet Meme last week. The results have been collected and analyzed. We can say that there are no major shocks in the results.

"Entertainment" came out on top as fifty eight percent of the respondents voted for it. From this, we can say that most of the Internet users out there feel that they gain entertainment by viewing Internet Meme. The reason being that is they are interested in it and as mentioned in the previous posts, it can provide everyone with laughter and as a result, making everyone happy.

Even some of the lamest Internet Meme can be funny to some extent because there are people who can see the funny side of things even though the Internet Meme might not be funny to others, generally. Viewing Internet Meme can sometimes also be considered as a way of killing boredom as some people like to search for random stuff on the Internet.

Next is "Humor" where it obtained thirty four percent of the respondents' votes. Internet users who often view Internet Meme could well end up as jokers as they could be learning and gaining the humor and tricks of Internet Meme. They then might even starts to practice what they have gained from it by playing a prank to one of their acquaintances.

Apart from that, these users who viewed Internet Meme and gained the humor and tricks can use them when they communicate with their friends or family to make the conversation atmosphere to be more lively, assuming if the mood is rather flat and boring. And indirectly, they are spreading the existence of the particular Internet Meme.

The remaining eight percent of the respondents voted for "Knowledge". This reflects that the Internet users view Internet Meme to read and study it without any evil intentions. And what we meant here by study is not like students going to school or college to study about Geography or Marketing but rather just taking note of it like a side knowledge. Users could react "Mmm, interesting..." when they view Internet Meme. They might even bookmark the particular web page but not writing it down like taking lecture notes.

Lastly, none of the respondents felt they gained nothing by viewing Internet Meme. In other words, users feel that they are able to gain something by viewing Internet Meme regardless of whether it is significant or not. So, do you agree with the results? Do you think that viewing Internet Meme gives you nothing? Share your thoughts with us as we would like to hear from you.


Jason

Weekly Poll Result 7 - Yes or No?

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This week's poll finds out from our voters whether they have ever used an Internet Meme. From the previous weekly poll result, as a common reason of the existence of Internet Meme, majority view Internet Meme to have a laugh but have they ever used it for their own purpose instead of just viewing it? Surprisingly, yes. Majority of the votes said that they have not used an Internet Meme.

This result shows that many people used Internet Meme for their own personal experience only. They do not share the meme with their friends. Funnily enough, Internet Meme come about because people spread the meme around to their friends and other Internet users. However, this week's result differs.

Taking the tie is "I think so". With 40% of the votes, the voters have utterly no idea whether they have used an Internet Meme before or rather, they have forgotten. This shows that, although there are tons of Internet Memes out there and people are continuing spreading it through the internet, there are people who do not know what the term Internet Meme is.

These people may know for a fact what is LOLCats or Dancing Baby but they do not know that these so-called "phenomenon" is categorized as Internet Meme. It is hard to blame them because people who spread a meme do not tell that it is called an Internet Meme but rather the main purpose is to just spread the meme.

Only a mere 20% of people used Internet Meme. Partly, the voters may be inexperience with the term Internet Meme, therefore, such result is shown. Just like all the memes mention, all Internet Memes are spread through e-mails, social networking sites, chat rooms and so on. It is spread vastly until it becomes known to everyone. And once it is widely known, that Internet Meme can we safely called as a phenomenon.

So Everything Meme readers, have you or have you not used an Internet Meme before?


Vivienne

Weekly Poll Result 6 - Equal Reasons

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In this poll, we want to find what is the main reason most of you out there view Internet Meme. There are a lot of reasons for one to do this. It can range from one finding for entertainment to someone who got bored and just randomly surfing the Internet and look for it. But in the poll result that we have analyzed, the votes for the reasons are rather equal.

There are two reasons sharing the highest number of votes which is “To have a laugh” and “Others” at twenty nine percent. Many people these days like to surf the Internet to search for pictures, jokes or even videos and have a laugh. And Internet Meme is no different either as some of it out there can make people laugh and create entertainment in the process. Perhaps a good example of this will be the Lady Gaga’s Poker Face Chinese New Year version that we mentioned in the previous post.

On the other hand, respondents who voted for the “Others” option could be because they can or want to communicate with others about Internet Meme. Many of them may like to socialize with other Internet users through Internet Meme. With many Internet Meme out there, many Internet users are bound to comment on those memes and at the same time, the users can communicate with one another. We guess this is another way of making friends.

And funnily enough, three of the four remaining reasons that were given received the same number of votes with each obtaining fourteen percent. The first of the three is Internet users want to see what the latest or current Internet Meme is. Most of us like to keep ourselves updated and even though Internet Meme may not be in the same category as political news or anything like that, people will still like to know about the latest things so that they enjoy them while it is still popular. Nobody likes to leave themselves in the dust.

People say curiosity kills the cat and maybe that applies in this case as well. Being curious is nothing wrong but when someone is, they will begin to search for more information about the particular topic and in this case, Internet Meme. He or she may have heard or seen an Internet Meme somewhere and they may begin to wonder “Hmm, what is that?”. In other words, they get curious. So, they will start to find more and more things about Internet Meme.

The third reason that also received fourteen percent is “Got bored”. This could easily happen when the person has nothing to do at home or even at work after all the tasks has been completed. So, they could view Internet Meme to kill time and at the same time, he or she maybe able to learn more about Internet Meme and gets a lot of fun from it.

And finally, based on the poll’s result, no one seems to view Internet Meme to comment on it which is rather strange in some ways. Anyways, what do you think of this result? Share your thoughts with us.


Advin

Weekly Poll Result 5 - Website - The Main Source

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In this advanced modern technology, Internet is fast becoming a source of finding information for most people as compared to previously, where people will mostly go to a library and search for information from a book or journals. However, people now feels finding information from the Internet is easier and time saving. And after analyzing the previous poll question, the result clearly reflects what is being said.

Sixty two percent of the respondents knew about Internet Meme because they search it from the Internet. Perhaps it is not too surprising to see that because that is where Internet Meme originated from and there is a reason why the word "Internet" is in there. Apart from that, there are certain websites where they publish and talk about Internet Meme. Those Internet Meme can range from the old and classic ones to the latest Internet Meme.

And if you notice the websites that we cited in the references of our posts, you will be able to tell of them is knowyourmeme.com. Internet users can also search for Internet Meme from other websites such as squidoo.com and probably some blogs where the author may comment about it.

Next is Others where it got twenty five percent of the votes. Others here may include family members or probably even your neighbors. Some of our family member may have gotten bored at home or while at work and started searching for random stuff like Internet Meme and introduced them to you.

The remaining thirteen percent of the respondents chose the option "This blog". This shows that the Internet users have never searched for Internet Meme before this and they only realize what Internet Meme is all about when they visit this blog. Maybe the Internet users have seen or heard some kind of topic or issues before this such as the Malaysia's Packet One Wimax Internet Service Provider Meme spreading around the Internet or in daily life before but they just do not know that is called Internet Meme.

Unfortunately, none of the respondents voted for friends and books. We guess people these days have other better topics to talk and discuss about compared to communicating with one another about Internet Meme. As for books, did you guys know that there are books on Internet Meme? Yes? No? Well, we actually got shocked when we first realized it. "Anonymous (Group)" is one of the books which includes information on Internet Meme, Imageboard, Denial- of- Service Attack and among others.


Eric Nakagawa, I Can Has Cheezburger?, An LOL Cat Collekshun [Online] Retrieved on 20th February 2010.
URL: http://www.hclibrary.org/highlyrecommended/?p=4621

The other one is "I Can Has Cheezburger?". You can probably tell which Internet Meme is that judging from the broken English. Yes! It is about the LolCats. The book consists of the best LolCats pictures collections that was created or taken even since it was "born". You can try also searching for other similar books on LolCats if you want to. If you want to purchase these books, you can try finding it at a bookstore near you or just purchase from the Internet.

So, what do you think of this poll's result? Share your opinion with us as we would like to hear from you.


Jason

Weekly Poll Result 4 - A Definite Joke

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This week we find out what you think of an Internet Meme and the results are in. Honestly speaking, what do you really think of Internet Meme? A joke? An annoying spam? An informational thing? Or you just don't bother what Internet Meme is?



It seems that majority of you find Internet Meme a joke. To put it in a nicer way, Internet Meme does serve as a form of humour to most people. From spoofs and parodies to just plain crazy, every time a person tunes in to an Internet Meme whether image or video, they just can't help but to grin or laugh out loud. Almost, if not all, Internet Meme does have a funny or humorous element to it. For example, our latest post about Lady Gaga, although she is a very talented and adventurous kind of artist, some people can't help but to make something funny out of it. Can't blame these people really. If it weren't for these people, where can we get free comedy?

Taking second place, some of the voters don't really care or bother much of what Internet Meme is to them. Maybe they just didn't care to think of it much. Some people who sees or receives an image or video of an internet phenomenon, they may just ignore or feel it doesn't serve them much purpose.

The rest of the voters find that Internet Meme is a spam and something informational. Receiving chain mails or junk mails of an Internet Meme may offend some people and they categorized it as a spam. One thing about Internet Meme is that it can sometimes get out of hand. People from all around the world with an internet would send these memes around to their friends and slowly but surely, it will reach millions or billions of people. And these people receives it from different people. So one Internet Meme e-mail have a possibility of being received by a person at least 5 times a day. He or she may just find it as spams.

On the other hand, some people looks at Internet Meme as something informational. They may find it quite fascinating and interesting. It is quite rare to find an Internet Meme that is informational because most of it serves as a joke. Some Internet Meme gives out information such as cultural facts, human personality and so on. So, although it seems like a joke, Internet Meme do contain valuable information that may provide a purpose to people.

A joke? Maybe it just is.


Vivienne

Weekly Poll Result 3 - Likeable Animal Meme

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In life, everybody has their own personality and preference. For the example, some people may like to eat durian but others may not due to the strong smell. So in last week's poll, we asked you about your preferences on the category of Internet Meme. The results are in and it is quite interesting.

Animal Meme received the highest number of vote as fifty percent of the respondents chose that option. Perhaps it is no that surprisingly that it got the highest because of the animal's characteristic. Animal tends to be very innocent and has that cute personality in them that always catches the attention of most human being. That is why some of us buy pets that are like that such as cat, hamster or rabbit.

Despite anime being a popular form of entertainment in the world, it did not dominate the poll as the Anime Meme only got twenty percent of the votes. The ability to create an animation is very attractive for teenagers and some adult as it can create out something that we do not usually see or happen in reality. From a 2-Dimensional animation like the classic cartoon series - Tom and Jerry to the more accomplished 3-Dimensional animation such as the Avatar movie, animation is always improving and fascinates all of us with the brilliant animation techniques.

Next is the Various Internet Meme where it shares the same amount of votes as the Anime Meme - twenty percent. Various Internet Meme is where people use different living things to present the Internet Meme. Example? Just look at our "Om Nom Nom Nom - Let's Eat Together" post. In that meme, the person is trying to use their imagination to take all sorts of picture that portrays different ways of eating like a cat eating a cactus or a machine eating a human when it is actually having a body checking.

The remaining ten percent of the respondents voted for the "Others" option. Others here could be Internet Meme that involves human beings doing funny or odd things like the "David After Dentist" Meme. Never heard of it? Do not worry, it will be coming soon. Lastly, Technology Meme did not receive any vote which is rather sad considering how advanced Technology is today.

So, it seems that most people chose Animal Meme as their favorite. What do you think of results? Other category should have more votes? Well, share your opinion here.


Advin

Weekly Poll Result 2 - Image/Video Dominated

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When you are watching television/video or looking at an image, what catches your attention most? The image, video, the caption or sub titles? Most likely it will be the image or video because human beings tend to pay more attention to graphics than text. And that was reflected in the result of our last week's poll where we asked the respondents - "What do you like about an Internet Meme?".

The result shows that fifty-eight percent of the respondents preferred the image or video more in an Internet Meme. This could be due to the fact that they have seen or came across hilarious or funny images or videos recently. And we are pretty sure that some of the Internet Meme like the Oolong the Rabbit or Om Nom Nom Nom have played a part in this result.

Unfortunately, most of the respondents disliked Internet Meme as twenty one percent of them chose that option. Judging from that result, it shows that they perhaps have no interests in Internet Meme or they could have gone through the Internet Meme but none of it "succeeded" in attracting the voters.

The next result is a little more encouraging as fourteen percent of the respondents like the caption in an Internet Meme. When someone likes the caption more than the images or videos, it could be because the words phrasing are hilarious or maybe the caption is just too catchy for the voters to avoid laughing at it.

Finally, the remaining seven percent of the respondents chose the option "Both". In other words, they like both the images or videos and caption. A great combination of a funny image or video with a good caption will certainly catch the attention of Internet users and make them laugh all the way. The Lolcats Internet Meme is a good example of this.

In the end, we can conclude that most of the respondents like Internet Meme particularly the image or video but what about those that dislike Internet Meme? We would you like to hear your opinion on this. And what do you think of this week's poll result? Do share your opinion with us.


Jason

Weekly Poll Result 1 - It’s a tie.

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A week ago, we asked the blog readers what is their most memorable Internet Meme in our weekly poll. And the results are in. Looks like most of you find "This is Sparta!!!" meme memorable with 27.8% of votes. "This is Sparta" may sound familiar to some because it came from one of the blockbuster movie, 300. This famous quote came from the movie is This is Sparta!!!. Soon, internet users started to annoy people with the same quote. The reason why people find this meme memorable is may be because of the catchy phrase.

The next Internet Meme is unfortunately, none of the given choices but had the same percentage as "This is Sparta!!!" meme. Some of the voters find other Internet Meme much more memorable than the given choice. We would like our voters to share their memorable Internet Meme here if possible.

Looks like no one voted for poor O Rly Owl with zero votes. Maybe because some have not heard of this little owl? Quite similar to LOLCats, O Rly Owl is a picture of a white owl with the phrase, "O Rly" on it. It basically means "Oh really?" in a sarcastic way. We would introduce to our readers what O Rly Owl is in one of our future post.

It seems like the meow was not loud enough as LOLCats came in second with 22.2%. As read in the previous post, "Cats' Meow", LOLCats was made famous by a pet owner who maybe, had too much time in hand. But he created a phenomenon so big that it conquered the internet world. One person after another person was spamming each other with their own creative cat pictures. Cats or no cats, LOLCats will always be something interesting to see, agree?

Speaking of something interesting to see, cats are not the only animal taking center stage - rabbits too with 16.7%. The previous post, Oolong the Pancake Rabbit became one of our most commented post yet with 7 comments so far. Oolong was no doubt, a talented rabbit.

Last but definitely not least, Baby Dancing to Beyonce with 5.5% of votes. This is considered as one of the latest Internet Meme that became a phenomenon just last year, 2009. This meme was created by parents who video recorded their young child, infant to be exact, dancing to Beyonce's hip song, Single Ladies. The baby actually tries to mimic the moves from the Single Ladies video. It became sort of like a competition among the parents on YouTube by posting a video of their baby dancing.

So, it seems that people crowned other Internet Memes and "This is Sparta!!!" as their most memorable Internet Meme. What do you think of the results? Did you get a chance to actually vote? Voice your opinion here.


Vivienne