Back on October 2, 2007, I started the “3 Things You Haven’t Let Go” meme. About a month later, on November 4, I backtracked it to see where it had run off to.

Let’s have another go and see where it’s gotten now.

dcrBlogs -> I started “3 Things You Haven’t Let Go”
Joanne -> changes to “3 Things I Won’t Let Go”
Stealth -> back to “3 Things You Haven’t Let Go”
*Total Diatribe -> remains “3 things you haven’t let go”
Hear ItFrom.US! -> “Three Things I Haven’t Let Go”
the badbadivy experience -> “3 Things I Haven’t Let Go”
Just Another Pretty Farce -> remains pretty much intact, though the actual title not listed

And, that appears to be where this particular branch ended. As near as I can tell, none of JAPF’s taggees completed the meme.

At least through this branch, the title of the meme remained intact for the most part, and didn’t branch off into different ways as it did the last time I backtracked it. On the other hand, the link back to me as the originator of the meme wasn’t present at all in this branch.

I wonder if it’s still going, or if it has wound down altogether by now? Have you seen my meme? If you have, leave a comment below and maybe I’ll be able to follow another branch!

Anyway, this is fascinating stuff. It also goes to show that, even if you get something to go viral and get spread around, you might not benefit at all if your own name or linkback gets lost in the shuffle.

*New tangent.

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