MemeStreams

{{Short description|Social networking website}}

{{Infobox website

| name = MemeStreams

| logo = Memestreams Logo.png

| logo_size = 250px

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| url = {{url|http://www.memestreams.net}}

| commercial = Yes

| type = Social content website

| language = English

| registration = Free

| owner = Industrial Memetics

| author = Tom Cross and Nick Levay

| launch_date = 2001

| current_status =

| revenue =

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MemeStreams is an early social networking website, online community, and blog host that was established in 2001 by Industrial Memetics.{{cite web|url=http://www.binrev.com/radio/archive.php?p=15 |title=Episode 58 - Memetics |publisher=Binary Revolution |date=2004-08-17 |accessdate=2007-10-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012152547/http://binrev.com/radio/archive.php?p=15 |archivedate=2007-10-12 |url-status=dead}}

Created by Tom Cross and Nick Levay,{{cite web|url=http://web.si.umich.edu/reputations/dir/direcsearch.cfm?index=118&shortLong=long|title=Levay, Nick|publisher=umich.edu|accessdate=2007-10-16}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} the site is particularly popular among computer security professionals.{{cite web|url=http://www.memestreams.net/about.html|title=About MemeStreams|publisher=MemeStreams|accessdate=2007-10-16}}{{cite journal|first=Gregory|last=Conti|url=http://www.rumint.org/gregconti/publications/20050301_CACM_HackingConferences_Conti.pdf|title=Why Computer Scientists Should Attend Hacker Conferences|publisher=Communications of the ACM|date=2005-03-01|accessdate=2007-10-16}} Michael Lynn (Ciscogate), Virgil Griffith (Wikiscanner), Billy Hoffman (Ajax Security), and Dolemite (organizer of PhreakNIC) are all members of the site.

Memestreams employs a reputation system.{{cite web|url=http://www.itoc.usma.edu/Workshop/2007/Program/Speakers/Cross.htm |title=Tom Cross |work=IEEE SMC Information Assurance Workshop |publisher=Information Technology and Operations Center at West Point |accessdate=2007-10-15 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915103632/http://www.itoc.usma.edu/workshop/2007/Program/Speakers/Cross.htm |archivedate=September 15, 2007 }}