Video player not working?0:000:000:00SettingsQualityAutoAudioSpeed1×CaptionsOffHow To Not Go ViralDula TVFunny videos since 2008Thumbs up0Thumbs down0 Share1.4K views Apr 2010A YouTube creator offers tongue-in-cheek advice on how not to go viral, poking fun at his odd jokes, inside references, and shirt promotion. Show transcript0:08As someone who's uploaded 290 videos to this channel, none of which have gone viral, I realize I may be an expert on how to avoid it.0:14One common trait of a viral video is that it usually takes you right into the action as if you're an innocent bystander witnessing an event.0:20Take my intro, for example.0:25Yep. No, don't do that. Another way to make a video go viral is that you should assume it's for the world, for the masses, and not certain aspects of the world that may like certain things.0:34Okay, beard lovers? Also, don't do things that are weird that will just confuse people.0:40Also, sometimes viral videos take time to grow. Be patient. Don't potentially bury your delicious creation that the world needs to see by uploading more videos.0:48If you subscribe to me, you know I pay very close attention to avoiding this.0:51By Friday, this video is going to be 4 videos old and long forgotten, which is really good because I'm about to do this.0:57Boogers, boogers, boogers, I love boogers. Thematic consistency.1:02Viral videos are usually about one thing, and one thing done in a very hilarious way, not a hodgepodge of jokes randomly thrown together.1:09Take it from Mandelbrot13, who wrote, I wonder how many of Craig's videos are actually about stuff.1:13Also, he features the most random comments. Well said. And ImixInto wrote, wedgie alert.1:18Wedgies are funny because the underwear is in the butt. As in life, jokes are only funny to those who understand the context.1:24That's why inside jokes usually fall flat. You'll get your bacon bits in a minute, whale.1:29Oh, don't you start too, stoner Michael Phelps who hangs out in my aquarium.1:34And don't bleep out your swear words. Kids like the naughty.1:38Authenticity. If the purpose of your video is simply to sell stuff, people see through that right away.1:42Oh, wait a second, I think the coffee's done. I love it when the coffee's done.1:45Look out for Aquarium. Today is the last day you can order the coffee shirt, the shirt based on the inside joke about how I love to get coffee.1:51I'll put a link in the doobly-doo. If you want one, you better go order it today.1:55So, if you want to know how to go viral, stick with me, and you won't.1:59But if you want to know how to develop an amazing, supportive, dependable audience, I might have a thing or two to say.2:05Thank you, everybody, for watching. I could not do this without you.2:08Well, I could, but I would look a lot more pathetic, and maybe I would be institutionalized.2:15Thank you for keeping me out of the asylum. Now, could one of you wink for me, please?2:28Parodies of popular songs usually do well too, which is why2:33I'm putting this guitar away.
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