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Tag: Viral Video
Does Play Count Make A Viral Video, Viral?
by Nathan on Dec.10, 2009, under Uncategorized
Reading my RSS feeds today I came across this story on TechCrunch. Basically saying the Top 10 Viral Videos of this year are not really viral videos at all. They are produced content that many people have watched. So I guess the question is: What is a viral video?
When I hear viral video, I think of it as a video made by an individual, that has become a hit around the web. I don’t think about Michael Jackson: Thriller being a viral video. Doesn’t a viral video need to be new? For me, there is a switch in my brain that says “Hey this is a viral video.” This has never happened when watching a music video. With a music video I see an add for music, I see produced content that cost millions to make. I don’t care how many times people watch a music video its just not viral.
What do you think?
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