I really thought about what makes things go viral. What makes something viral? What role do celebrities make in making something go viral? How did the Martin article change your views on how you read social media articles or posts?
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Right–what made Wells’s story go viral in the first place? Did you read any of the comments on Imgur? I found that part fascinating: clearly many people found Wells’s narrative nearly irresistible. How does Wells’s style and its “Twittery-ness” allow or even encourage that kind of popularity?