Dabloons, autopsy of a TikTok meme: Self-excitation and self-destruction in social media cultures
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
Published online on February 04, 2026
Abstract
Convergence, Ahead of Print.
In this paper, we analyze the very short and yet very rich story of a TikTok meme: the rise and fall of the dabloon fictive currency. We examine this story as an example of self-exciting trendiness: a common internet dynamic in which trendiness and ...
In this paper, we analyze the very short and yet very rich story of a TikTok meme: the rise and fall of the dabloon fictive currency. We examine this story as an example of self-exciting trendiness: a common internet dynamic in which trendiness and ...