Any social media platform that can transform a word, phrase, statement, event, image, or thought into a viral infestation of people's thoughts, whether locally, regionally, or worldwide. Typically, the original catalyst will spawn takeoffs, ripoffs, spins, countervailing opinions, or other, usually unexpected, outcomes.
Every action of a famous person that involves sex, politics, religion, drugs, or other people's money is likely to enter multiple echosystems.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.