Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Internet Famous

By the way, what was so interesting about yesterday's video was that it had been viewed over a half a million times in just one day. Now let's look at a video that's been looked at almost 77 million times.

I didn't get it. 77 million times? Seriously? That's the magic of the viral effect of the Internet. People will watch things that are not necessarily that entertaining.



The guy in the video is Judson Laipply. He's "Internet famous. " He's interviewed on TV because people are watching his video on Youtube.


The phrase "15 minutes of fame" is taking on a whole new meaning. So is this all going to blow over and be some fad that we all remember as being so charming or is Internet fame something people are going to work towards. Will people try to get their fame via Youtube instead of trying to break into TV and movies?

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