Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media
http://www.ted.com In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale’s rise to Web stardom. The lesson of Mister Splashy Pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the Facebook age.
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March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
He refers to the …
He refers to the loss of dictatorial control, it doesn’t necessarily mean anarchy.
He seems to be talking mostly about “crowd sourcing”, a kindof natural democracy. Perhaps you could call it anarchy, i’m not entirely sure.
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
oh, Mr. Splashy …
oh, Mr. Splashy Pants…
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
@roidroid
“but if …
@roidroid
“but if you want to succeed you got to be OK with just loosing control”
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
=OoO=
“Anyone know …
=OoO=
“Anyone know the song or where to get it? ”
Sounds like Lisa Gerarrd Compilation….
She’s incredible!
=OoO=
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
Yeah i want to know …
Yeah i want to know too. It’s obviously a teaser campaign, but i actually really liked it. Anyone know the song or where to get it?
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
it’s a “brand …
it’s a “brand growing” advertisement. The purpose is to get you used to seeing their “balls” logo first. Without the negative feeling of forcing any product on you.
YET…
Only once they have sufficiently built up the “balls” brand in your head will they introduce you to the product/company. By this time you will be so used to the balls, it will be like a fast-track highway into your mind that the company/product itself will travel on.
You WILL remember.
Like a trojan horse.
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
shut up
shut up
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
no, democracy
no, democracy
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
It’s a commercial. …
It’s a commercial. A really crap comercial that most people just skip. Funny that it’s at the end of a lecture on a supposedly really good ad campaign.
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
not that I’ve heard …
not that I’ve heard of but every year they apply to the whaling coalition to kill more whales every year the whaling coalition says no and then japan only kills a few whales supposedly for science but since they’re already dead they might as well eat them…
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
Did Japan really …
Did Japan really drop their whale killing?
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
Is this guy pro …
Is this guy pro anarchy?
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
I wonder if this …
I wonder if this guy could speak even faster…
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
Bravo!
Bravo!
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
They’ve done some …
They’ve done some crazy things, but I guess the clearer point I was trying to make is its more productive to support the root causes they’re getting at. In the past they have stood alone on some issues that nobody else brought into light, and if people listened to whats going on, maybe they wouldn’t feel and behave like cornered rats, desperate for change… You can argue that getting in the way of poachers is fiscal terrorism, but what right do we have to be whaling these days?
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
i guess they …
i guess they publish the most interesting ones first, so when there is a long time without a ted-talk, the amount of less-interesting talks and shows increases.
I wouldn’t mawn about be lesser shows beeing just good or OK. I would be happy, that the worst TED publishes, is still something worth watching and that the best will blow your mind.
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
Whats the last …
Whats the last minute of this clip about… the colour changing spheres??
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
I thought so yes, a …
I thought so yes, a whole day of different talks.
And yes, I think it would be interesting to see all the different topics and people and their experiences.
It’s just that there is quite a few less interestnig Ted talks, sometimes they are just shows, performances..
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
as i get it, there …
as i get it, there is a series of talks on one day. Some last a couple minutes, some longer.
They just upload them one at a time.
Guess that’s how they fill the gaps between talks ;-D
So it’s kind of interesting to have a day where you can listen to a lot of totally different talks and get totally different impressions. I imagine it to be very interesting.
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
“all kinds of memes …
“all kinds of memes get born on the reddit frontpage”. yeah, sure. that’s where they all come from.
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
Do you perhaps mean …
Do you perhaps mean ecological terrorists? If so who lives in terror of their next attack?
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
just loose it aaaaa …
just loose it aaaaa aaaa aaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaa! Like eminem right? he didn’t do too bad……….
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
I thought I spoke …
I thought I spoke fast . .he is lightning speed babbling
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
OK all the people …
I’d be disappointed.
OK all the people sat in there for a 4 min talk like that
March 12th, 2010 at 8:15 am
Excellent! He gave …
Excellent! He gave a good example of how the internet can do amazing things!