Today’s Question from Wendi at Wendi’s Book Corner: Do you visit the memes section often? Have you visited recently? Have you discovered anything that surprises you when you visit the memes for your library?
Wendi asked last week for suggestions for upcoming TuesdayThingers posts and I suggested the LibraryThing Memes feature. I am fairly new to the blogging world and until a few months ago I had no clue even what a meme was. Browsing through blogs posts in my GoogleReader I had come across the word a few times and eventually figured out what they were…basically, as per Wikipedia, a meme is “a unit of imitation” and the Internet meme is “a catchphrase or concept that spreads quickly from person to person via the Internet” (at its most basic is a digital file or hyperlink).
Did you know a link to the LT Memes feature is on your LT Home page? It is the last link or underneath “Your Home” in the link menu. I have seen LibraryThing memes before in blog posts, the Dead or Alive and Work Duplicates memes, and have been curious as to why memes are so popular in the first place and why LibraryThing added this feature. I thought it would be a great TuesdayThinger topic and Wendi agreed!
I think we each have a need to connect with others and find common interests, which make memes so popular because they create a social and/or cultural bond between individuals.
As for the current five LT Memes, here are some fun facts from my results.
You and None Other - I do not share any books with exactly one member.
Dead or Alive? - 16 of my authors are dead, 126 alive and 34 unknown.
Dead or Alive Comparison - At 88.73%, only 4% of members have a higher alive percentage than me.
Male or Female? - Only 28.82% of my authors are male.
Work Duplicates – I have no work duplicates.
What really surprised me is that I share no books with exactly one member…I guess most of the books I read must be popular ones.
March 17, 2009
Tuesday Thingers
Today’s Question from Wendi at Wendi’s Book Corner: Do you visit the memes section often? Have you visited recently? Have you discovered anything that surprises you when you visit the memes for your library?
Wendi asked last week for suggestions for upcoming TuesdayThingers posts and I suggested the LibraryThing Memes feature. I am fairly new to the blogging world and until a few months ago I had no clue even what a meme was. Browsing through blogs posts in my GoogleReader I had come across the word a few times and eventually figured out what they were…basically, as per Wikipedia, a meme is “a unit of imitation” and the Internet meme is “a catchphrase or concept that spreads quickly from person to person via the Internet” (at its most basic is a digital file or hyperlink).
Did you know a link to the LT Memes feature is on your LT Home page? It is the last link or underneath “Your Home” in the link menu. I have seen LibraryThing memes before in blog posts, the Dead or Alive and Work Duplicates memes, and have been curious as to why memes are so popular in the first place and why LibraryThing added this feature. I thought it would be a great TuesdayThinger topic and Wendi agreed!
I think we each have a need to connect with others and find common interests, which make memes so popular because they create a social and/or cultural bond between individuals.
As for the current five LT Memes, here are some fun facts from my results.
You and None Other - I do not share any books with exactly one member.
Dead or Alive? - 16 of my authors are dead, 126 alive and 34 unknown.
Dead or Alive Comparison - At 88.73%, only 4% of members have a higher alive percentage than me.
Male or Female? - Only 28.82% of my authors are male.
Work Duplicates – I have no work duplicates.
What really surprised me is that I share no books with exactly one member…I guess most of the books I read must be popular ones.
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I love theses statistics - thank you for suggesting the question. We're close on the male/female split but I have a much bigger proportion of dead authors than you!
ReplyDeleteI used to read mainly books by male authors, but females have overtaken since I've been reading a lot of YA.
ReplyDeleteThanks for suggesting this topic - it was really interesting. I seem to be one of the few LT users who have mostly male authors in their library, and most of them are dead! I need to work on that.
ReplyDeleteI loved finding out about the LT memes! Thanks for suggesting this one.
ReplyDeleteI guess I need to read some older published works...I suppose I prefer the female perspective over the male in fiction and if you are reading a lot of HF and Romance you will skew to mostly female authors.
ReplyDeleteGlad everyone enjoyed the topic!
This was a wonderful, and FUN suggestion! I actually just learned how to update the gender and alive/dead. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and participating in Thingers last week! I've got the post up for this week, we're taking a look at our favorite books. ~ Wendi
Thanks Wendi! I'll be posting my TuesdayThinger response later today. Another great topic!
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