Get ready for a goldmine of marketing insights: The video below covers how memes develop on Facebook.
The speaker, Lada Adamic, associate professor of information at The University of Michigan, spent a sabbatical working in Facebook’s data team, and summarized her findings at the Ignite NewsFoo 2011 conference.
The title of her presentation is formatted for virality: “Only my true friends will copy and paste this meme into their Facebook status.” Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments section.
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