Creating a Meme Format Others Actually Use
You made a meme template and strangers started filling in their own captions. Creating a meme format that others adopt is the internet aura event with the longest tail, because the format outlives the original post by years. Fifty thousand points because you did not just make a joke you made a structure, and structures are reusable, which means your contribution keeps generating value long after you logged off. The aura is in the virality of the format rather than the virality of the instance. A viral post is a hit song. A viral format is a genre, and genres are worth more than songs because they spawn a thousand songs that all trace back to you. The deeper internet signal is that format creation requires a different kind of humor than joke telling. You have to identify a pattern that is specific enough to be recognizable and empty enough to be filled, which is a design skill disguised as a comedy skill. The aura compounds because formats get attributed retroactively. Six months from now, someone will make… Creating a Meme Format Others Actually Use is a internet event in the god tier, worth +50,000 aura points. Compare it with Going Viral for an Embarrassing Reason and Winning the Championship Game, or browse the full aura events index to see where it ranks.