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Week In Famo #2

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Welcome to the Week In Famo ROUND #2! We’ll start with Digg again: – The #1 most dugg article of the week with a whopping 14,292 diggs is You should never ask for help on the internet. One thing we know that the internet loves is sincerity, and I think part of this posts popularity [...]

Magibon & tinaecmusic’s new haircuts

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

What a coincidence that these two “accidental” internet celebs both get new haircuts at the same time, amirite? I smell production staff. Seriously. Seriously you guys. Magibon #23. She’s all dolled up & rocking a fan for that hot hot summer. 14k views and 630 comments less than 24 hours after posting. Magi consistently breaks [...]

Branded content & Nalts’ secret viral sauce

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Tips from YouTube comedian Nalts, currently #92 most subscribed of all-time, #22 comedian on YouTube, and self-proclaimed “Viral Video Genius”. Some of our favorite videos: Farting in Public, Hamster on a Leash, and almost 700 (!) other videos typically involving his kids, pets, wife, or pranks. And now Product Placement: In light of being passed [...]

Wear Your SARS Mask, It’s Viral Video Day

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

IFC’s Good Morning Internet! takes a swipe at viral videos and goes viral itself. (if you write it, it’s true) A bit tl;dr at 9 minutes long, but they’ve got thehill88, and the ever-contagious dance sequence. And check out that thumbnail… is that… Spongebob wedged in cleavage? via Brad O’Farrell

Alice Marwick on celebrity theory

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

NYU PhD student Alice Marwick delivered an excellent keynote on Day 2 of ROFLCon last weekend, where LOLs and anecdotes were in abundance. Presenting some of her work on “social status and elitism in Web 2.0″ Marwick brought a badly needed breath of critical analysis to the conference. Ideas that stuck out to us, expanded [...]

Chocolate Rain 1 year anniversary techno

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Tay Zonday is commemorating the 1 year anniversary of epic win Chocolate Rain (now over 20M views) by… selling an album of techno remixes. The logical followup to “Cherry Chocolate Rain”, aka I Move Away From The Mic To Sell Out. p.s. don’t forget to cast your vote: Tay Zonday for Paris Hilton’s new BFF!

Chris Crocker not doing TV, wants to be honest with u guyz

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

“I’ve got 153 million views under my belt… I know what I’m doing.” Chris Crocker’s dropping a potential deal with “the network” (VH1?)… cuz he wouldn’t be allowed to curse.

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