Over the next few days, I’m going to catch up on my meme homework by answering three memes. All three of them are something more than link farms. Like Dawud Miracle said, the best memes…

create engaging conversation that leads to dynamic and lasting relationships. 

In fact, the best ones are creative games that get the juices flowing by answering composition questions for the writer.

1.They provide an occassion.
(I’ve been tagged.)

2. They provide an audience.
(Every meme is read by the tagger at least.)

3. They provide a simple purpose for a post.
(Answer the question.)

And they provide all kinds of questions. What makes you think? Why are you productive? Why do you blog?

The only thing a blogger has to do is come up with an answer. That’s the subject of your meme post. The trick is to make the subject fit with the content of your blog. I’ll do my best over the next few days.

If you’re like me, you have conflicting emotions about memes. When someone tags me, I think: “Cool! Someone thought of me. I’m not alone in this deep dark cyberworld after all!” then “Darn it! I have to participate in another stupid meme.”

What do you think of memes? When someone tags you, what is your honest first response?