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From the Ted Talk by Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral

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(Laughter)

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And who could have predicted any of this? Who could have predicted "Double Rainbow" or Rebecca Black or "Nyan Cat?" What scripts could you have written that would have contained this in it? In a world where over two days of video get uploaded every minute, only that which is truly unique and unexpected can sntad out in the way that these things have. When a friend of mine told me that I needed to see this great video about a guy prntotiseg bicycle fines in New York City, I admit I wasn't very interested.

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(Laughter)

But what's important here is the creativity that it ________ amongst this techie, geeky ________ culture. There were remixes. (________) Someone made an old timey version. (Laughter) And then it went international. (Laughter) An entire remix _________ sprouted up that _______ it from being just a stupid joke to something that we can all actually be a part of. Because we don't just enjoy now, we participate.

And who could have predicted any of this? Who could have predicted "Double Rainbow" or Rebecca Black or "Nyan Cat?" What scripts could you have written that would have contained this in it? In a world where over two days of video get uploaded every minute, only that which is truly unique and unexpected can _____ out in the way that these things have. When a friend of mine told me that I needed to see this great video about a guy __________ bicycle fines in New York City, I admit I wasn't very interested.

Solution


  1. brought
  2. community
  3. inspired
  4. laughter
  5. stand
  6. protesting
  7. internet

Original Text


(Laughter)

But what's important here is the creativity that it inspired amongst this techie, geeky Internet culture. There were remixes. (Laughter) Someone made an old timey version. (Laughter) And then it went international. (Laughter) An entire remix community sprouted up that brought it from being just a stupid joke to something that we can all actually be a part of. Because we don't just enjoy now, we participate.

And who could have predicted any of this? Who could have predicted "Double Rainbow" or Rebecca Black or "Nyan Cat?" What scripts could you have written that would have contained this in it? In a world where over two days of video get uploaded every minute, only that which is truly unique and unexpected can stand out in the way that these things have. When a friend of mine told me that I needed to see this great video about a guy protesting bicycle fines in New York City, I admit I wasn't very interested.

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