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Random rant #1: Opinions can go viral. – May 20, 2010

June 28th, 2012

I have a bunch of old voice memos that I recently discovered are still on my iPhone. I’m not sure if I’ll share them all but I’ve decided to share this first one from May 20, 2010 about how opinions can go viral.

Originally recorded on an original iPhone on May 20, 2010 (presumably on a drive home from work) I rant on about how opinions can go viral and that we all now have a responsibility to be careful about what information we spread through our own social networks.

If you can’t see the above embedded audio player you can also listen on SoundCloud.

Greyson Michael Chance

May 14th, 2010

So: Dude sings a song at a talent show-thingy, puts it up on his YouTube channel (there are a lot of fakes), everyone says he’ll be the next Bieber, Ellen sees it, has him on her show. Stardom awaits.

But wait, did you catch the brilliant move that Ellen is now doing? She puts her chair directly behind the person performing. If the video goes viral (even if it is ripped from her custom branded video player) her attachment to the performance stays in tact. This is pretty genius. Maybe she’s taking tips from Mr. Cowell.