Wednesday, September 30, 2009

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (outcomes of the proposed meme cycle)


























The Good: My target audience of YouTubers and Facebook friends make great strides to propagate my meme. The link to the video is spread among a vast array of people and viewership and ratings soar. "The Diplomat" reaches thousands of views and generates comments. I take part in the Sundance Film Festival and become a beloved internet allstar.*

The Bad: My target audience spreads the meme and a wide viewership emerges. However it is met with disgust or simply misunderstood and both my facebook wall and youtube profile are marred with negative banter. My internet name is tarnished for all time and I am know as the guy who made that one amateur video.
Alternative Bad scenario: As my video gains popularity YouTube catches on to the fact that I have snippets of unlicensed music contained within its duration and disables my audio track, rendering my video pointless and confusing and killing my ratings and views.

The Ugly: I am simply not able to generate much enthusiasm for my video. People take little interest in my blog and due to my sub-average facebook friend population my promotional efforts go largely unnoticed. My video operates in somewhat of a niche market where it won't necessarily appeal to everyone and an apathetic audience never spreads it among themselves.

*realism not taken into account, would be cool however.

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