The Code Applied to Visual Memes

The Code Applied to Visual Memes

  1. Generosity: does the meaning in the visual, linguistic or audible meme qualify as being generous?

  2. Ethical Discipline: Does the meaning of the informational unit promote untruths?

Source: Case Study: What’s the Mana in the Meme?

This is what we do intuitively, a million times a day as we’re scanning our timelines. Deciding whether or not to read on or share some visual, audible or textual meme. We make a call.

Source: Decoding Trolls meets Silicon Curtain

The Code of Positive Trolls works identically for visual memes as for text. When you scroll through a timeline full of images, you are making thousands of unconscious adjudications. The six criteria — Generosity, Right, Energy, Patience, Mindfulness, Wisdom — can be applied consciously to any image you encounter.

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