# MemeStreams

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Social networking website

MemeStreams Type of site Social content website Available in English Owner Industrial Memetics Created by Tom Cross and Nick Levay URL www.memestreams.net Commercial Yes Registration Free Launched 2001

**MemeStreams** is an early [social networking](/source/Social_networking) website, [online community](/source/Online_community), and [blog](/source/Blog) host that was established in 2001 by Industrial Memetics.[1]

Created by [Tom Cross](/source/Tom_Cross_(computer_security)) and [Nick Levay](/source/Nick_Levay),[2][3] the site is particularly popular among computer security professionals.[2][4] Michael Lynn ([Ciscogate](/source/Ciscogate)), [Virgil Griffith](/source/Virgil_Griffith) ([Wikiscanner](/source/Wikiscanner)), Billy Hoffman (Ajax Security), and Dolemite (organizer of [PhreakNIC](/source/PhreakNIC)) are all members of the site.

Memestreams employs a [reputation system](/source/Reputation_system).[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Episode 58 - Memetics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071012152547/http://binrev.com/radio/archive.php?p=15). [Binary Revolution](/source/Binary_Revolution). 2004-08-17. Archived from [the original](http://www.binrev.com/radio/archive.php?p=15) on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2007-10-15.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-about_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-about_2-1) ["About MemeStreams"](http://www.memestreams.net/about.html). MemeStreams. Retrieved 2007-10-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Levay, Nick"](http://web.si.umich.edu/reputations/dir/direcsearch.cfm?index=118&shortLong=long). umich.edu. Retrieved 2007-10-16. [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Conti, Gregory (2005-03-01). ["Why Computer Scientists Should Attend Hacker Conferences"](http://www.rumint.org/gregconti/publications/20050301_CACM_HackingConferences_Conti.pdf) (PDF). [Communications of the ACM](/source/Communications_of_the_ACM). Retrieved 2007-10-16. {{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Tom Cross"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070915103632/http://www.itoc.usma.edu/workshop/2007/Program/Speakers/Cross.htm). *IEEE SMC Information Assurance Workshop*. Information Technology and Operations Center at West Point. Archived from [the original](http://www.itoc.usma.edu/Workshop/2007/Program/Speakers/Cross.htm) on September 15, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-15.

## External links

- [Official site](http://www.memestreams.net/topics/)

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