"I got pickles, pickles I got."
December 8, 2012 10:21 AM Subscribe
In the past week, this video by Yasha Swag has gotten nearly 10 million views. What is making it so popular? It's about pickles. [slyt]
This post was deleted for the following reason: It looks like this is a black hat SEO thing; let's not reward it. (Maybe repost tomorrow with a description of the tactics, and not driving traffic to the video?) -- LobsterMitten
What the
posted by infini at 10:33 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by infini at 10:33 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
Where's the pickle?
That's the surprise!
posted by The White Hat at 10:34 AM on December 8, 2012 [8 favorites]
That's the surprise!
posted by The White Hat at 10:34 AM on December 8, 2012 [8 favorites]
I'm going to Ireland for the first time in a few weeks.
Is this what it's like over there?
posted by The Whelk at 10:34 AM on December 8, 2012
Is this what it's like over there?
posted by The Whelk at 10:34 AM on December 8, 2012
I smell fish
posted by infini at 10:36 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by infini at 10:36 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
Next year's Grammy nominations started yet?
posted by maryr at 10:37 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by maryr at 10:37 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
This is so awful I can't even come up with any snark to add. Sheesh.
posted by Iosephus at 10:37 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Iosephus at 10:37 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
Soooo glad no one will ever see the music video I made for Nine Inch Nails's "Closer" when I was fifteen. At least Yasha wrote his own song to go with... right?
posted by infinitewindow at 10:37 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by infinitewindow at 10:37 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
You know how when you're in your 20s and you sort of naively assume that when you get older you'll be able to hang on to That Which Makes You Cool and so you keep assuming that you are Still Cool well into your 30s and then there's that moment where you failed and you are officially Uncool because you do not understand what the FUCK is the appeal of the latest teen zeitgeist?
This video was that moment for me.
posted by shiu mai baby at 10:37 AM on December 8, 2012 [2 favorites]
This video was that moment for me.
posted by shiu mai baby at 10:37 AM on December 8, 2012 [2 favorites]
Ten million views? Who are these people?
Apparently us now thanks to this FPP.
posted by charred husk at 10:38 AM on December 8, 2012 [2 favorites]
Apparently us now thanks to this FPP.
posted by charred husk at 10:38 AM on December 8, 2012 [2 favorites]
Ten million views? Who are these people?
We are the people our parents warned us about.
posted by WalkingAround at 10:41 AM on December 8, 2012
We are the people our parents warned us about.
posted by WalkingAround at 10:41 AM on December 8, 2012
It's even more depressing when you realize those millions of views are probably teen girls who are "too cool for bieber."
posted by M Edward at 10:42 AM on December 8, 2012
posted by M Edward at 10:42 AM on December 8, 2012
#yoloswagpickles
posted by Ad hominem at 10:44 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Ad hominem at 10:44 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
Evidently not the first time people wondered why something that is pretty much crap (IMHO based on 10 seconds which was all I could stand) can go viral...this guy has been around this block before.
posted by HuronBob at 10:48 AM on December 8, 2012
posted by HuronBob at 10:48 AM on December 8, 2012
I'm choosing to believe that most of the thumbs up, which only just outweigh the thumbs down, were offered ironically.
posted by YAMWAK at 10:50 AM on December 8, 2012
posted by YAMWAK at 10:50 AM on December 8, 2012
How do you prove you're the best at black hatted SEO? You get millions of views for you own terrible youtube videos.
posted by thecjm at 10:51 AM on December 8, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by thecjm at 10:51 AM on December 8, 2012 [5 favorites]
I really like the idea of black hats competing to force the most ridiculous memes.
posted by postcommunism at 10:59 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by postcommunism at 10:59 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
Wow. How the hell do they manage that? Is it any similar to the "gold farming" in online games like they used(?) to do in China? Or more like via botnets?
posted by Iosephus at 11:00 AM on December 8, 2012
posted by Iosephus at 11:00 AM on December 8, 2012
I think it's more like those late 90's advertising portals that would pay you to watch ads, and people quickly made software to fake clicks, or randomize mouse movements so it looked like you were still watching. Only writ large.
He throws enough fake hits at the video via proxies, and likes via throwaway youtube accounts, and eventually somebody like buzzfeed or daily what will pick up the video with a "WTF is this so popular" headline and then it goes from there. And, as we can now tell, he's tried this a few times. This is the one that's really taken off.
posted by thecjm at 11:08 AM on December 8, 2012
He throws enough fake hits at the video via proxies, and likes via throwaway youtube accounts, and eventually somebody like buzzfeed or daily what will pick up the video with a "WTF is this so popular" headline and then it goes from there. And, as we can now tell, he's tried this a few times. This is the one that's really taken off.
posted by thecjm at 11:08 AM on December 8, 2012
If he's doing that himself rather than buying the service/bot from someone else, this kid is my Hero of the Day.
posted by postcommunism at 11:19 AM on December 8, 2012
posted by postcommunism at 11:19 AM on December 8, 2012
Well, I liked it.
posted by mochapickle at 11:30 AM on December 8, 2012
posted by mochapickle at 11:30 AM on December 8, 2012
Pick-le: Informal A disagreeable or troublesome situation; a plight. See Synonyms at predicament.
Metafilter... Pickles we got.
posted by J.W. at 11:30 AM on December 8, 2012
Metafilter... Pickles we got.
posted by J.W. at 11:30 AM on December 8, 2012
I'm glad to see that the throne of the Icy Hot Stuntas isn't being allowed to get cold.
posted by George_Spiggott at 11:36 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by George_Spiggott at 11:36 AM on December 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
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4. Informal A disagreeable or troublesome situation; a plight. See Synonyms at predicament.
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posted by WalkingAround at 10:32 AM on December 8, 2012