# @MarkovMagnifico: early Tumblr and 4chan acted as memetic reservoirs for ideas

Source: https://x.com/MarkovMagnifico/status/1959316534607683837
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/MarkovMagnifico-early-Tumblr-and-4chan-acted-as-memetic-reservoirs-for-ideas?index=0x68aa9bfae0190485c5dce43039753c534ad9291490cadf066b68cfd074ffcd0cd8d4f98e
Submitted by tim on 2025-08-24 UTC, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

people often talk about how early tumblr and 4chan are upstream of current politics

early on these sites acted as memetic “reservoirs” where ideas where incubated and evolved before they broke out and infected the rest of the population

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