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I've lost count of how many times I've seen news people claim that a video has "gone viral" only to find out that it has something like 80,000 views. 80k views
by ravenstine 6y ago
I've lost count of how many times I've seen news people claim that a video has "gone viral" only to find out that it has something like 80,000 views.
80k views is nothing to sniff at, but that's hardly "viral".
Not really the same as what you're talking about, but I was reminded because it's another example of lazy use of language by journalists.
- josefresco 6y agoThe very nature of "gone viral" is based on the concept that the content was created and then spread by a minority of users. Context matters. If your town population is 5K and a video of it's town administrator accepting a bribe gets 80K views that's viral, relative to the townspeople. I think we're in agreement here; stop lazy journalism.