You didn't make the Harlem Shake go viral, corporations did.
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[QUOTE]Experts said the “Harlem Shake” phenomenon was emergent behavior from the hive mind of the internet—accidental, ad hoc, uncoordinated: a “meme” that “went viral.” But this is untrue. The real story of the “Harlem Shake” shows how much popular culture has changed and how much it has stayed the same.
Google’s YouTube, not Apple’s iTunes, is now the dominant force in music. Nearly 2 billion music videos are viewed on YouTube every day. When Baauer’s “Harlem Shake” entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1 on Feb. 20, only the 21st song in Billboard’s 58-year history to do so, and the first by a previously unknown artist, it was because of YouTube. This highlights a broader point: Google has amassed unprecedented power as a medium. It is massive, global and central. In addition, its claims about viewership are not audited. Television, radio and newspaper audiences are measured by independent entities like Nielsen and the Alliance for Audited Media. Advertisers can be reasonably certain how many people are seeing their messages. Google’s and YouTube’s audience claims are not measured independently. Everyone initially involved in driving traffic to the “Harlem Shake” had the same incentive: to increase the number of views. Unlike other media, there were no checks and balances except YouTube’s own secret view verification system. Google regards clicks and views as a “currency,” and take pains to get the numbers right, but unlike most other mass media, its figures are not verified by anyone who does not profit from higher numbers.[/QUOTE]
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I love how the guy who accidentally started the fad absolutely hates it.
its great for the artist who made the song tho
I've only actually seen one harlem shake video
I had no idea that Filthy Frank was behind the original
[QUOTE=thisispain;40128491]its great for the artist who made the song tho[/QUOTE]
Even though the song on it's own is completely terrible.
[QUOTE=Siduron;40128523]Even though the song on it's own is completely terrible.[/QUOTE]
subjective
Good, it's easier to hate corporations than a kid that wears a helmet AND dances with almost naked men.
Wait, I'm Texan, it should be the other way around.
I love how it's just dropping right now. Hopefully into oblivion.
[QUOTE=Siduron;40128523]Even though the song on it's own is completely terrible.[/QUOTE]
its pretty good by the standard of bass music
[QUOTE=Scapegrace;40128544]I love how it's just dropping right now. Hopefully into oblivion.[/QUOTE]
I don't understand this mentality
oh no a trend that I don't enjoy burn it down
[QUOTE=thisispain;40128555]its pretty good by the standard of bass music[/QUOTE]
It's pussy shit.
This is good bass music.
[video=youtube;7tklYWVV-xY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tklYWVV-xY[/video]
damn that's bass(ed)
#based on a true story.
[QUOTE=Maloof?;40128568]I don't understand this mentality
oh no a trend that I don't enjoy burn it down[/QUOTE]
The more it goes down, the less chance he will hear it randomly.
[QUOTE=Hip Priest;40128578]It's pussy shit.
This is good bass music.
[video=youtube;7tklYWVV-xY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tklYWVV-xY[/video][/QUOTE]
thank you based priest
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stupid youtube player
[QUOTE=Maloof?;40128568]I don't understand this mentality
oh no a trend that I don't enjoy burn it down[/QUOTE]
It's disruptive. At my university, they effectively closed down whole buildings because students wanted do a Harlem Shake.
[QUOTE=latin_geek;40128447][IMG]http://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/search-frequency-of-harlem-shake_chart.png?w=1024&h=576[/IMG][/QUOTE]
single most informative graph I've ever seen
Remember this ?
[img]http://static.glitchvid.com/images/fp_posts/kony2012.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Vodkavia;40128700]A mild annoyance subverts the enjoyment of others?[/QUOTE]
are you really going to whine about someone having the ability to have a sigh of relief when something that annoys them is no longer prevalent?
Seriously? You realize what you're doing, yes?
i thought this was pretty obvious and already known
[QUOTE=glitchvid;40128758]Remember this ?
[img]http://static.glitchvid.com/images/fp_posts/kony2012.png[/img][/QUOTE]
wait, is this a graph for kony or "knoy?" because kony is blue, but the graph primarily shows red
this is confusing man
[QUOTE=milkandcooki;40128944]wait, is this a graph for kony or "knoy?" because kony is blue, but the graph primarily shows red
this is confusing man[/QUOTE]
They overlap meaning just as many people miss-typed kony as typed it right.
Thread title doesnt match the articles point, except if you'd want to imply that YouTube forges numbers.
[QUOTE=Greenen72;40128718]single most informative graph I've ever seen[/QUOTE]
shows what a bunch of craze-driven dumb fucks we are.
am i one of the only people to not google either harlem shake or kony?
that shit popped up so aggressively it was in your face without having to look it up
[QUOTE=Maloof?;40128568]I don't understand this mentality
oh no a trend that I don't enjoy burn it down[/QUOTE]
It's really simple. A craze starts based on a terrible song, coupled with some nonsensical dancing, which sounds a bit like the white noise they play during sensory deprivation torture, and every witless, unfunny, unoriginal tosser everywhere decides its utterly hilarious. Then they find every worthless variation of it and insist on throwing it in your face at every available opportunity. It's shit, it was when it started, and I don't need or want to see it ever again.
It's the same as Gangnam style, it was wank, and it was just everywhere.
lol I can't believe OP believes [url=http://www.reddit.com/r/hailcorporate]r/hailcorporate[/url]
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;40129024]am i one of the only people to not google either harlem shake or kony?
that shit popped up so aggressively it was in your face without having to look it up[/QUOTE]
Some jackass played it in two of my classes the other day. Makes it a bit hard to do work when these jackasses do this.
[QUOTE=Mateo!;40128487]I love how the guy who accidentally started the fad absolutely hates it.[/QUOTE]
PSY was sick of Gangnam Style when it was the main fad.
Then he did an ad with the song.
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