Comments on: Viral vs. Viral http://www.rebeccacorliss.com/social-media-tools/viral-vs-viral/ Music is Social is collection of music insight, social media trends and life updates by Rebecca Corliss. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:13:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Derek http://www.rebeccacorliss.com/social-media-tools/viral-vs-viral/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Derek Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:32:29 +0000 http://www.rebeccacorliss.com/?p=82#comment-259 I agree that a video shared among friends has viral qualities. Even from a strictly linguistic point of view, something is viral because it is spread around, as, well, viruses are. Theoretically speaking, the gross, icky [read: real] viruses can be contained to a small number of people, and so, then can videos. I also agree that a video turns viral based mostly on its content, not its creator. And I like that OK Go video. I agree that a video shared among friends has viral qualities. Even from a strictly linguistic point of view, something is viral because it is spread around, as, well, viruses are. Theoretically speaking, the gross, icky [read: real] viruses can be contained to a small number of people, and so, then can videos.

I also agree that a video turns viral based mostly on its content, not its creator. And I like that OK Go video.

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