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On April 8, 2016, the website BuzzFeed streamed a live stunt on Facebook of two people wrapping a watermelon with rubber bands until it exploded. During the 45-minute stream, the event peaked at over 800,000 live watchers, and the resulting video of the event garnered million of views.[1]

The event generated discussion of the future of journalism where such silly events can garner so much attention.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Nashrulla, Tasneem (8 April 2016). We Blew Up A Watermelon And Everyone Lost Their Freaking Minds, BuzzFeed
  2. ^ Rutenburg, Jim (18 April 2016). For News Outlets Squeezed From the Middle, It’s Bend or Bust, The New York Times
  3. ^ Castillo, Michelle (8 April 2006). The future of TV: 800K watch a watermelon explode, CNBC
  4. ^ Kleinburg, Scott (!3 April 2016). What an exploding watermelon teaches us about social media, Chicago Tribune
  5. ^ (8 April 2016). 7 TV Shows With Fewer Viewers Than BuzzFeed’s Exploding Watermelon Video, Wired

See also

List of Internet phenomena

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