What makes something go viral? | Dao Nguyen

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31 Comments on What makes something go viral? | Dao Nguyen

    • From what I heard from older Vietnamese folks in my community, The last names weren’t just given traditionally after giving birth. Back then, those last names were designated to citizens depending on the ruling Dynasty. Nguyen was apparently one of the last major dynasties, and most Vietnamese had their last names changed (or else they faced persecution or had to escape from it just for not changing their last name, because usually the name change = a pledge to that ruling dynasty.)

    • Aight but, 40% of vietnam is basically 40% of vietnamese people. Any % in the US is going to be skewed by the huge diverse population. Maybe if you could see the % of smith/jone in just the Caucasian population, but I doubt someone took the time to gather those statistics lmao.

    • also I took the time to research and they are not inbreeds, they just have some weird cultural thing where they have the same name but not the same genes.

  1. Yea there is whole branch of social science called memetics dedicated to this and studying how information spreads and sticks around in a culture. And yes this is where the origin of a “meme” comes from. If often miss used now a days.

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