Wheat Thins Internet Ad Campaign Sucks (also, Nanalew has a purdy mouth.)
Posted: March 5, 2012 Filed under: Art, Commericals, Film, Internet, Women | Tags: Wheat Thin, YouTube Leave a comment »So, I am checking out the site I work for, before going to bed, and I notice a story I hadn’t read or heard about.
I go to see out who had tweeted the story that evening, (I am curious of our audience) and lo and behold, I see a sponsored tweet, purchased in EARLY JANUARY.
I had no idea these sponsored tweets had that long of a shelf life. Seem like a good value, now that I think about it (or so I thought, at the time).
Now this here, is a real reply girl…
Posted: February 28, 2012 Filed under: Business, Internet, Women | Tags: algorithm, community guidelines, dailydot, Gaming the system, icklenellierose, Internet Marketing, Marketing and Advertising, meganspeaks, replygirls, social media, tagging, terms of service, YouTube 1 Comment »I’ve been writing about “reply girls,” this YouTube phenom for those that don’t know, for the last couple of days. Which means I’ve been knee-deep in YouTube drama for that entire time.
Yeah, some of you may make fun of me for what my work has become. You snooty business reporters, activists, gardening bloggers, social media consultants! (I sometimes make fun of myself for not keeping up on what my alderman, or Mayor Emanuel is doing. Don’t give me more shit than I already give myself, please…)
Some part of me respects these ladies for figuring out how to game the system in such a short amount of time. It’s ingenious? And my heart goes out to these ladies, for the amount of cyber abuse they are getting now, just because they were able to effectively highlight this flaw (not just in YouTube, but in human nature).
Nothing sadder than a reply girl in a push-up trying to choke back tears for the third day in a row.
This moment, in my research, made me laugh. (You wouldn’t get it if you didn’t know YouTube.)
The Internet is good
Posted: December 4, 2011 Filed under: Internet | Tags: bullying, catharsis, internet vigilantism, random acts of kindness, reddit, YouTube Leave a comment »Yesterday, the social media site found a depressed and bullied kid’s YouTube video. Titled “Reddit, let’s make this kids day and give him some support,” the video, and response will make you cry.
Looking at the YouTube page right now, every single minute brings hundreds of positive comments. I cannot keep up reading them all. The video is 3 months old, and is the only video on the channel.
261, 0000 views and 102,000 comments at 4pm CST.
12:20am CST update:
Jonah Mowry is fine, and thankful for all the attention, including from celebrities.
yes, the Internet made his Sunday 
YouTube comments are troublesome.
Posted: November 5, 2011 Filed under: Internet, Women | Tags: anonymity, conservatism, gay pride, gender roles, Katy Perry, porn, Satire, women on the internet, YouTube Leave a comment »Yesterday, 107 men had an unwanted gay thought, while watching a hot girl sing hot girl songs.
This unwanted gay thought, in what can only be assumed was a tragedy that befell these poor men, was a symptom of the ”women don’t exist on the Internet” disease.
This time, a x3LilPinnytjuhx3 was directly responsible.
Her username is androgynous. When one reads it, one has to ask, was it just a random smattering of letters? Does LilPinny reference a penis? Or Miss Penny?
There is nothing that directly tells the reader x3LilPinnytjuhx3 is female.
Shame on her.
Her forgetfulness and inability to clearly portray that she is a female on the Internet, had dire consequences yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
words of wisdom, found in YouTube comments
Posted: September 14, 2011 Filed under: Internet | Tags: internet etiquette, internet trolling, YouTube Leave a comment »“people who write fail or fake and gay are them selfs just TROLLS !!!!!! i love them they make me laugh my ass off , and your youtube video doesn’t mean shit until people write fake and gay on your page” via 117dallas 5 hours ago
Happy Birthday, Raquel Welch!
Posted: September 5, 2011 Filed under: Art, Entertainment, Film, Media, Women | Tags: Freddie Mercury, Myra Breckinridge, One Million Years BC, Raquel Welch, YouTube 1 Comment »Yes, I know it is also Freddie Mercury’s birthday. Considering all the digital love he’s gotten (which he deserves, don’t get me wrong, even if he is dead), I thought I’d share with who ever is reading this blog my favorite videos of Welch. If you don’t know who she is, go skim her wikipedia page first please.
These are all found on YouTube, because my new job is to cover YouTube…
I first came upon Rachel Welch, like most of America, when I watched One Million Years B.C. (Starting the Earth’s Children book series in Junior High will do that) It is only fitting that I begin this video list with a compilation of her from One Million Years B.C.
I don’t expect you, dear reader, to watch all of the above video, but I do expect you to watch all of the one below. It’s only 3 minutes long, and while there is no dialog until the very end, I can promise it is engaging. It’s literally one of the best fan compilations on YouTube.
Thoughts on Jared Lee Loughner and Sarah Palin
Posted: January 10, 2011 Filed under: Media | Tags: Arizona, Bristol Palin, Dancing with the Stars, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gabrielle Gifford, Google, Jared Lee Loughner, Sarah Palin, YouTube Leave a comment »I was out for the day on Saturday. I heard all about Loughner, from different people reading different sources… and as the sun went down I longed to read about Loughner myself, to watch his youtube videos myself.
I had a chance to catch up on all Loughner media today. At first it was heartbreaking, and there was crying. There was happiness when doctors reported Giffords was responsive after surgery. The joy increased when the heroic efforts of a woman, an intern and two tackling men came to light. In the late afternoon I spent hours watching Jared Lee Loughner’s videos, trying to make sense of them, and I became exhausted. (On a side note, I am pleasantly surprised Jared Lee Loughner’s videos are still up and viewable to the public. Thanks, FBI & Google)
Now, at 9:30pm, after a nap to replenish my emotions, I am livid.
I have a love/hate relationship with Sarah Palin: the level of fame and power she has obtained, despite her white trashiness, always mystified me. I still believe Trig is Bristol’s – and Sarah’s fierce desire to protect her family and engage in Babygate earned some respect from me, as did punishing Bristol for her mistakes by making her go on “Dancing with the Stars” and advocating for abstinence only education (Palin has enormous balls, and keeps her family in tight lockstep!). So when the media turned to blaming Sarah Palin, my gut reaction was skeptical. Palin obviously did the crosshairs thing because she likes guns and stuff, and knows her audience likes guns and stuff. Correlation does not equal causation, and there has been no link between Jared Lee Loughner being an avid Sarah Palin supporter – yet.
Then this happened:
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