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If the screenshot has been shared widely enough by many different people, yes, it should be considered a meme by definition.
"By many different people" isnt part of either of the above definitions. Also, whats "many?" Whats "different" mean in this context? What is the threshold for a meme to meme? 10 people? 100? 1000?
Richard dawkins coined the term in 1976 and defined it as such:
Seems like a screenshot of text seen by hundred/thousands/millions fits that defention to me.
"Many" may be me editorializing, but "internet people" implies that it's not just one person posting the same thing in many places around the web and people liking it.
Why not? A meme is piece of culture that transmits akin to a gene. It just uses media as its medium instead of living tissue.
It may not be a "good meme" if its not propigated by others, but its still a meme.
Then you disagree with the above definition saying "[...] that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users [...]", I'd rather use a definition that excludes basic Twitter screenshots, but I'm not dying on this hill.
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