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Controversial Video Campaign Sparks Conversation and Other Top Comments (Sat, 18 May 2013)
There are two sides to every story, even a viral video. In the top comments above, we've highlighted our readers' reactions to the contentious campaign against Abercrombie and Fitch. After the company's CEO Mike Jeffries publicly stated that he "doesn't want larger people shopping in his store," Greg Karber created a video in which he gives the company's branded clothing to homeless people for free. Karber's intention was to publicly condemn Jeffries' statement, but some of our commenters had an adverse reaction to the video. We've highlighted the debate in the gallery above. Which side of the controversy do you agree with? Let us know in the comments section below Read more... More about Viral Video, Social Media, Top Comments, and Conversations
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Watch the 6-Second 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Homemade Vine Trailer (Sat, 18 May 2013)
Low-budget recreations of movie trailers are nothing new. We've seen plenty on YouTube, but one Star Trek Into Darkness fan this week leveraged Twitter's six-second video service, Vine, in a crafty way to imitate the new film's trailer Frank Danna of Texas spent three hours storyboarding scenes, cutting craft paper and filming his stop-motion Vine trailer, he told Mashable. "My focus was to make an incredibly simple, minimalist presentation of the trailer, wrapped up in a six-second loop," he said. "It wasn't intended to be a shot-for-shot comparison for obvious reasons, but I did want to highlight the main crux of the trailer in a simple way using lower-budget means." Read more... More about Social Media, Crafts, Trailers, Star Trek, and Vine
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Social Media Jobs: KBS+, Newsday, Time Inc (Fri, 17 May 2013)
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Google’s Overhauled Maps Make Geography Social (Fri, 17 May 2013)
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