Friday, February 9, 2018
The act of someone or something "going viral" seems to be one of the most random things, and although there are cues for the hows and whys of it happening, most posts aren't created with the intention of it spreading hundreds of thousands of times. During winter break, a friend from high school shared a tweet that had a blurry, low quality picture of her Christmas tree and then a regular photo of the Christmas tree with more detail, and she correlated this to her wearing or not wearing her glasses. It was clever, and to many who rely on contacts or glasses, it was probably relatable. However, generic twitter pages stole the tweet and started sharing it as their own and it even made its way to Facebook. Undoubtedly, it was even more popular on their pages and she did not get credit, but her Twitter following still grew as a result of it becoming widespread. Many people want this, more or less, 15 minutes of fame, and some even get upset when they share something that has been similarly done in the past does not get the same feedback. Personally, I have never understood this desire to become "famous" because even though it seems awesome to accomplish, there are many people out there who are going to have negative feedback about your post and even about you, because many people go lurking through your pages after this occurs. I have never really posted much on social media though, with minimal pictures and videos on my profiles and few status updates or tweets that are of my own creation. Most of me thinks that no one cares about what I have to say, but it is also because I enjoy having privacy to where not everyone knows every detail of my life and has an opinion about it. With that said, I feel like more people should actually apply the Kermit the Frog meme "but that's not of my business" to their daily lives and butt out.
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