Meme driven narratives in 2021
Recap of the meme attention economy in 2021
2 min readJan 15, 2022
2021 was a weird year. One of the emerging narratives that seemed to pop up were power to the people and David vs Goliath like events. All these events had something in common, they were meme driven narratives. Attention is the currency of the internet, and memes are one of the best way to gain attention.
Part 1 — GameStop
The GameStop saga was just the beginning. Redditors vs Hedge funds. A movement that was started by u/DeepFuckingValue…