Viral+Phenomenon

Viral phenomenons are objects, patterns, and events that are able to replicate itself and influence other objects to also transform themselves into a replica of the original. The term viral is used because the object, pattern, event will act with the same behavior as that of a biological virus of the malignant variant, which either worsens at an increasing pace and speed until it has spread to all vulnerable recipients or it ceases to progress as it fails to find a way of spreading any further. Human thoughts, ideas and common trends have used this method to travel and spread through the world population. Viral phenomenons surfaced at an increasing rate ever since the creation and rise of the internet. Examples of objects that can easily become viral are, but are not limited to: video clips, music and sound files, images, websites, small scale softwares. A more specific and recent viral phenomenon is the rise of the social media network Facebook which attracts as many as 60 million active users worldwide.

Wikipedia: Viral Phenomenon - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_phenomenon Wikipedia: Facebook - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
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