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Does anyone else wonder if the concept of "internet famousness" has a finite shelf life? At least at the level that these people experienced? The internet engi
by riebschlager 11y ago
Does anyone else wonder if the concept of "internet famousness" has a finite shelf life? At least at the level that these people experienced?
The internet engine seems to be cranking through memes faster and faster. Sure, a video might get several million views, but the very next week, those millions of people are already on to the next thing.
It just seems to me like our collective memory is getting shorter and shorter and the fallout from internet famousness might start shrinking, if it hasn't already.
- cba9 11y agoI don't see any evidence that the cycle has gotten faster. There were plenty of mayfly wonders on YouTube years and years ago, and the Internet had its memes well before. It doesn't look much different to me over the past decade, (Have aggregators like Fark, YTMD, SomethingAwful, 4chan, really sped up? The list is so long: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_phenomena https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_phenomena If we looked at knowyourmeme.com's lists and the Google search histories, I don't think we would see much of a speedup. Memes would still be born and die on similar timescales.)
- a3n 11y agoThe Internet just means that more people actually get their 15 minutes.