Objective:
My objective for the viral content challenge was to ultimately obtain over 500 views of my meme on Imgur.
Background:
This meme refers to Stacey Dillsen from Zoey 101, someone who is infamously remembered on the show to be funny, a little quirky, and OBSESSED with cotton swabs. Everything she does on the show relates to cotton swabs, so this why I referenced that joke. I incorporated a photo of Usain Bolt sprinting because it dramatizes the meme and adds extra humor. This meme is culturally relevant because people in my generation grew up watching Zoey 101 and the show represents a lot of qualities in our generation.
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Final Engagement Number:
809 views
Analysis:
I am very happy with the success of my meme as I obtained over 300 more views than required for the assignment. At first, it was difficult to get views, but once I started posting my Imgur link on various social media platforms, my results were better and my views increased significantly. Something that really helped me increase the views was the tags. By adding tags such as meme, funny, and humor, I reached more people on Imgur. Furthermore, the addition of the Usain Bolt photo worked because it combined the humor of the photo and Stacey Dillsen, two non-related concepts. No one on Imgur recreated a derivative of my meme, but I do think that many people in my age group related to the meme and laughed at it. Something I would have changed is that my meme is very relevant to a specific group of people, but those not in my generations would not necessarily understand it. My parents, for example, are not in the generation that watched Zoey 101, so people in their age group would not understand this meme. By creating a meme that relates to a specific group of people, I realized that it was harder to get engagement from people in other generations. Ultimately, I think that this meme was a success on all social media platforms!