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OK, maybe not a full-blown meme yet, but look at this:

Notice something that you’ve seen about four times in these seven tweets? The string #080808.Thanks to the efforts of @flypig (of Chinese Twittersphere fame), the #080808 tag campaign is well underway. Everyone’s going crazy with sticking in the #080808 icon or sticking a photo of them going “#080808“!Check out some of the cooler ones we’ve seen from…

• @thecarol (the original)
• @evilape (neat)
• @christinelu (saw hers after @thecarol)
• @isaac (self-harmonization?)

Yours truly actually came out with a very David Feng, and at that, a very Beijing Subway version:

Subway Line #080808? Please get ready for your arrival!Here’s how to take part in the whole thing:1. Nab an icon. Some are at http://tag080808.com/
2. Add “#080808″ to all your tweets
3. That’s it!

This is the third time that the Chinese-language Twittersphere has gone in a “Twitter movement”. It started earlier this year when people started rooting for the Chinese Taipei team, then spread throughout all of China when the earthquake hit on May 12, and finally, everyone is getting ready for Olympics mood.

#080808 away!

UPDATE from Elliott:  Contributor Meg Stivison added her own thoughts on us meme-sheep (a pretty cool meme-related-meta-meme) and her own version of #080808 straight from the town of Hohhot (in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, 内蒙古, Nèi Měnggǔ):

Photo courtesy Meg Stivison, Simpson’s Paradox