Hatsune Miku and Harry Potter The name "Hatsune Miku" trended alongside author J.K. Rowling's in December 2019, thanks to a viral meme.
Folgers ‘Incest Ad’ How a relatively innocuous ad titled "Coming Home" became an internet behemoth known as the "Folgers incest ad."
How Many Moms Are in ‘One Million Moms’? We're 99.99999999 percent sure it's nowhere close to a million.
‘Has Anyone Had to Give Back the Security Deposit?’ Landlord Round Table Facebook Group Post An unredacted purported screenshot shared from the Facebook group "Landlord Round Table" to Twitter sparked discussions about dishonest renting practices.
Did the World End in 2012? A Twitter thread about whether or not humanity ceased to exist in 2012 was strangely resonant across social media platforms.
‘Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us,’ Explained Update, September 20 2019, 11:03 AM: In the early morning hours of September 20 2019, “#Area51Storm” and “Area 51” began trending on Twitter. (We were unable to find a valid Storm Area 51 livestream as the event unfolded.) A popular image set shared both to the “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us” Facebook […]
‘Indonesian Reporting Commission’ Facebook Purge Controversy On the evening of May 15 2019, participants in popular Facebook groups and related pages became swamped by notifications that they were changing en masse from “closed” to “secret” after other groups with high membership counts were purportedly deleted (called “zucced” in Facebook group terminology, short for “Zuckerberg”) for initially unknown reasons. In announcement posts […]
April Fools’ Day 2019 Roundup Traditionally, April Fools’ Day is a major “internet holiday” — but in recent years, roundups have largely consisted of a series of commercials designed to go viral on social media. Here is a list of April Fools’ Day 2019 pranks we’re updating throughout the day: Google Maps‘ Snake: “Google Maps shows you how to get around […]
Bots, Trolls Propelled Faux ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Controversy The “Star Wars” franchise was not immune from the sort of controversy that has seeped into every tiny nook and cranny of the American public discourse, thanks to the ubiquity of social media and those who wish to exploit conflicts in order to create chaos. In that vein, the film Star Wars: The Last Jedi was […]
