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Praying and piggybacking: Who is Nesamani and why are brands talking about him?

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Nesamani is a character played by Tamil actor and comedian Vadivelu in the 2001 film Friends. A user on a Facebook memes page asked a harmless question about hammers, leading to a Tamil user making a reference to Nesamani. Why was the world suddenly concerned about Nesamani? Social media piggybacking.

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Good Game: ABC TV Show and online communities

Laurel Papworth

Jeremy gets online and says it’s cos he’s not a woman he got sacked, the GoodGame crew go the forums and say it was their decision, the community get their knickers in a knot and start a petition , a Facebook goup and a website called SaveJunglist (his gamer handle or nickname). The Facebook group. How can you help?

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Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Kaycee Nicole Swenson brought her sparkly brand of wholesome, flirtatious courage to a wide audience on the internet from 1999 through May 14, 2001 , when her mother Debbie announced that Kaycee had passed away suddenly. Around here, we see an amazing proliferation of very high-quality posters of sad-looking children.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

10 Years of Link Building Advice : Link building advice can be hit or miss, but some link builders have given us pretty good advice even as far back as 2001. 9 Ways to Start a New Local Business Using Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, and Google : These easy (and mostly affordable steps) can put your local business on the map. Link Building.

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Open Government Directive – Key Benefits and Challenges | Social.

Social Media Strategery

Strong revenue growth began with Coach Legacy sales growing from 12% in 2001 to 20% in 2002. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 Will I See You at the Gov 2.0 web20 wiki Have This Blog Sent to Your Email!

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Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

. “I’ve got to respond to this,&# you must have been thinking, “I don’t like this person’s opinion, and under the veil of the internet I can voice my complaint as an anonymous poster.&# Responding to that drivel accomplishes what the poster wanted. Have a facebook account? Found via StumbleUpon!

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