Yahoo Makes A Twitter Clone…In Portuguese
We’ve heard that Yahoo may be unveiling a Twitter clone called Yahoo Meme. According to our tipster David Ruiz’s blog (it’s in Portuguese, here’s the translated version), Yahoo is inviting users to test out the alpha version of a competitor to Twitter. Translated to English, the front page of Yahoo Meme says “Do not have time nor patience for blogging? So Meme is tailored for you. Wait” Yahoo Meme’s mascot is a dog instead of the Twitter bird.
Here’s Yahoo’s description of its “meme” (translated from Portuguese):
Today, a “meme” on the Internet is popularly understood as a fever and became content that is played by everyone.
The term “meme” was created by Richard Dawkins in his book “The Selfish Gene,” 1976. Dawkins and other scientists after it identified the meme as a fragment of culture or behavior that is replicated in the brain brain in a manner similar to what happens to genes in biology.
It is clear that the term “meme” as used here, is an adaptation of free and expanded its strict scientific sense, but not away from the essence of the idea.
Check also related entries: