What makes something viral on the Internet?

[Breadbassket]

Asking for a friend.

 

[Unarmed Gunman]

Your mother's cooch could make anything viral.

 

[eatler]

Have an animal of some sort, the easiest brownie points is dog or a cat. You will be boosted in cuteness points.

 

[Named User]

The CIA.

 

[Crocodylus Acutus]

If its any of the following:

• Funny
• Cringe
• Shocking (this includes gore and other NSFW, like two girls one cup)
• Enraging (this is the current go to. People like complaining)

If it meets one, or several of these traits, then the rest just depends on right place, right time. On the old Internet, it used to be luck and word of mouth, but now we see a lot of astroturfing of memes on modern social media.

 

[User names must be unique]

getting shared by a big account, organic internet is dead.

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

getting shared by a big account, organic internet is dead.

No it isn't. PewDiePie name-dropped E;R senpai and lost a multi-million dollar contract with Disney.

 

[dick brain]

TenCent