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An academic look at lulz

Monday, January 14th, 2008

It is [memetic contagion] that is illustrated fully by 4chan and internet culture at large. There is no basis for the existence of it other than simply to exist at the whim of the thousands of users who view them. It is also this knowledge that excites and proliferates the culture. Traditionally, these cultural objects [...]

Viral wannabe tips cont.

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

TechCrunch regurg: create attractive content, build a respected following on YouTube… Nalty warns against getting into viral video production for either fame or immediate profit. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/04/another-take-on-getting-videos-to-go-viral/ original article, mentioned on this blog before: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/22/the-secret-strategies-behind-many-viral-videos/

Not famous? Fake it

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Peep the forum thread’s title: “ I’m ACTUALLY famous on the internet. (bhutto)” In the vein of such great react/respond moments as “Leave Britney Alone”, nobody forum-goer Tonay follows current events, reacts swiftly, and makes a Facebook profile for Bilawal Bhutto, heir to the opposition party of Pakistan. Instantly he becomes notable-ish: NYT, BBC, ABC, [...]

People Love Googling Themselves

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Yeah, obvious, but Pew’s got some pr00f: In a report Sunday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 47 percent of U.S. adult Internet users have looked for information about themselves through Google or another search engine. That is more than twice the 22 percent of users who did in 2002 The real question: [...]

Provost Provides Facebook Business Solutions

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Our class’ own Dan Provost hits the frontpage of Valleywag with some quality: Facebook Business Solutions. For when tracking personal information and relationship and purchasing activity just isn’t enough. Check Dan’s site for more: link Very clever and exceptionally well executed — anticipate more blogosphere coverage, and maybe some digg/del.icio.us love?

Webby Awards: Most Influential Online Videos of All Time

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

The Webby Awards’ 12 Most Influential Online Videos of All Time: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVVPSEVQMzI] [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg] [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKYUtUw-8ig] [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU] [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=eA4MvOCKAJk] Subservient Chicken.com Lazy Sunday [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=wFlYw9awR5o] [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=QvZ_qR8xwvo] [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=dZN-Wye4rDE] [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI] [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=r90z0PMnKwI] [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=zAjWi663kXc]

These last months

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

“These last months have been very interesting. I have had successes where I thought there would be failure. I have had failure where I thought their would be success. I learned that people are weird, its hard to predict what they will like. I would like to share some of my most popular videos with [...]

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