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[–]PassionateIntensity 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes and no. Teens accelerated and spread this trend, as teens do, but that doesn't explain how it acquired real institutional power. It being a teenage fad is why I didn't take it seriously as a threat for years (when it was confined to Tumblr). Academia, corporations, & very adult politicians did that.