ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kevin Allocca - Head of Culture & Trends, YouTube
Kevin Allocca is YouTube's expert on the intersection of web video and global culture

Why you should listen

Kevin Allocca is an author and technology professional and is currently the Head of Culture & Trends at YouTube, where he tracks popular video phenomena and manages trending content initiatives. He is YouTube's expert on the intersection of web video and global culture, and is often cited in the press on subjects of virality, popularity and breaking news.

His book, VIDEOCRACY: How YouTube Is Changing the World . . . with Double Rainbows, Singing Foxes, and Other Trends We Can’t Stop Watching, which explores YouTube's most interesting trends and the impact of video on our culture, was published by Bloomsbury in 2018.

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TEDYouth 2011

Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral

Kevin Allocca: Kevin Allocca: Hvorfor videoer bliver virale

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Kevin Allocca er YouTubes trends manager, og han har dybe tanker om skøre online videoer. I det her foredrag fra TEDYouth, delte han de 4 årsager til en video bliver viral.
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HiHej. I'm KevinKevin AlloccaAllocca, I'm the trendstendenser managerManager at YouTubeYouTube,
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and I professionallyprofessionelt watch YouTubeYouTube videosvideoer.
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Jeg ser professionelt YouTube videoer.
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It's truerigtigt.
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Det er sandt.
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So we're going to talk a little bitbit todayi dag about how videosvideoer go viralviral
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I dag skal vi tale lidt om
hvordan videoer bliver virale,
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and then why that even matterssager.
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og hvorfor det overhovedet er vigtigt.
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We all want to be starsstjerner --
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Vi vil alle være stjerner -
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celebritiesberømtheder, singerssangere, comedianskomikere --
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berømte, sangere, komikere -
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and when I was youngeryngre, that seemedsyntes so very, very hardhårdt to do.
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da jeg var yngre, virkede det
meget svært at blive.
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But now WebWeb videovideo has madelavet it
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Men nu har online video gjort at
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so that any of us or any of the creativekreativ things that we do
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At hver og en, eller hver
eneste kreativ ting vi laver
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can becomeblive completelyfuldstændig famousberømt
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kan blive fuldstændig berømte
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in a parten del of our world'sVerdens culturekultur.
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i en del af vores verdens kultur.
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Any one of you could be famousberømt on the InternetInternet
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Hver og en af jer kan bliver
berømte på internettet
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by nextNæste SaturdayLørdag.
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inden lørdag.
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But there are over 48 hourstimer of videovideo uploadeduploadet to YouTubeYouTube
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Men der bliver uploaded over
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everyhver minuteminut.
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hvert minut.
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And of that, only a tinylille bitte percentageprocent
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Og af det bliver kun en lille procent
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ever goesgår viralviral and getsfår tonstons of viewsvisninger and becomesbliver til a culturalkulturel momentøjeblik.
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virale og får tonsvis af seere
og bliver et kulturelt omdrejningspunkt.
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So how does it happenske?
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Så hvordan sker det?
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ThreeTre things:
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Tre ting:
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tastemakerstastemakers, communitiesfællesskaber of participationdeltagelse
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smagsskabere, deltagende fællesskaber
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and unexpectednessuventethed.
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og overraskelse.
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All right, let's go.
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okay, lad os gå i gang.
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(VideoVideo) BearBjørn VasquezVasquez: Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
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(Video) Bear Vasquez: Åh, Gud. Åh, Gud.
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Oh, my God!
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Åh, Gud!
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WoooWooo!
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Wooo!
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OhhhhhÅh, wowwwwWow!
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Åhhhh, wowww!
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KAKA: Last yearår, BearBjørn VasquezVasquez postedbogført this videovideo
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KA: Sidste år slog Bear Vasquez
den her video op,
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that he had shotskud outsideuden for his home in YosemiteYosemite NationalNationale ParkPark.
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som han havde optaget udenfor hans
hjem i Yosemite National Park.
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In 2010, it was viewedset på 23 millionmillion timesgange.
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I 2010 var den set 23 millioner gange.
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(LaughterLatter)
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This is a chartdiagram of what it lookedkigget like
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when it first becameblev til popularpopulær last summersommer.
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da den blev populær sidste sommer.
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But he didn't actuallyrent faktisk setsæt out to make a viralviral videovideo, BearBjørn.
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Men hans mål var ikke at lave
en viral video, Bear.
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He just wanted to sharedel a rainbowregnbue.
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Han ville bare dele en regnbue
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Because that's what you do when your namenavn is YosemiteYosemite MountainMountain BearBjørn.
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Fordi det er hvad du gør når dit
navn er Yosemite Mountain Bear.
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(LaughterLatter)
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And he had postedbogført lots of naturenatur videosvideoer in factfaktum.
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Og han har faktisk slået mange
videoer af naturen op.
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And this videovideo had actuallyrent faktisk been postedbogført
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all the way back in JanuaryJanuar.
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helt tilbage i januar.
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So what happenedskete here?
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Og hvad skete der her?
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JimmyJimmy KimmelKimmel actuallyrent faktisk.
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Faktisk Jimmy Kimmel.
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JimmyJimmy KimmelKimmel postedbogført this tweettweet
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Jimmy Kimmel lavede det her tweet,
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that would eventuallytil sidst propelpropel the videovideo to be as popularpopulær as it would becomeblive.
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som over tid ville drive videoen ind i
den popularitet som den har fået.
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Because tastemakerstastemakers like JimmyJimmy KimmelKimmel
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Fordi smagsskabere såsom Jimmy Kimmel
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introduceindføre us to newny and interestinginteressant things
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introducere os til nye og interessante ting,
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and bringtage med them to a largerstørre audiencepublikum.
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og bringer dem videre til et større publikum.
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(VideoVideo) RebeccaRebecca BlackSort: ♫ It's FridayFredag, FridayFredag. GottaGotta get down on FridayFredag. ♫
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(Video) Rebecca Black: ♫ Det er fredag, fredag.
Skal feste på fredag. ♫
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Everybody'sAlles looking forwardfrem to the weekendweekend, weekendweekend. ♫
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♫ Alle ser frem til weekenden, weekenden. ♫
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FridayFredag, FridayFredag. Gettin'Gettin ' down on FridayFredag. ♫
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♫ Fredag, fredag. Fester på en fredag. ♫
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KAKA: So you didn't think that we could actuallyrent faktisk have this conversationsamtale
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KA: Så jeg håber ikke, at I tror ikke,
at vi faktisk kunne have den her samtale
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withoutuden talkingtaler about this videovideo I hopehåber.
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uden at tale om den her video
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RebeccaRebecca Black'sSort "FridayFredag" is one of the mostmest popularpopulær videosvideoer of the yearår.
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Rebecca Blacks "Friday" er en af årets
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It's been seenset nearlynæsten 200 millionmillion timesgange this yearår.
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Den er blevet set næsten
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This is a chartdiagram of what it lookedkigget like.
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Det her er diagrammet over hvordan det så ud.
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And similarlignende to "DoubleDobbelt RainbowRegnbue,"
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Og det ligner "Double Rainbow",
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it seemsser ud til to have just sproutedspirede up out of nowhereingen steder.
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det ser ud til at have skudt ud af ingenting.
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So what happenedskete on this day?
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Så hvad skete der den dag?
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Well it was a FridayFredag, this is truerigtigt.
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Tja, det var fredag, det er sandt.
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And if you're wonderingundrende about those other spikespigge, those are alsoogså FridaysFredage.
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Og hvis du undrer dig over de andre toppe,
de er også fredage.
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But what about this day,
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Men hvad med den her dag,
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this one particularsærlig FridayFredag?
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denne bestemte fredag?
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Well ToshTosh.0 pickedplukket it up, a lot of blogsblogs startingstart writingskrivning about.
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MichaelMichael J. NelsonNelson from MysteryMysterium ScienceVidenskab TheaterTheater
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Michael J. Nelson fra Mystery Science Theater
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was one of the first people to poststolpe a jokejoke about the videovideo on TwitterTwitter.
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var en af de første der slog en
joke op om videoen på Twitter.
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But what's importantvigtig is that an individualindividuel or a groupgruppe of tastemakerstastemakers
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person eller en gruppe af smagsskabere
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tooktog a pointpunkt of viewudsigt
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tog stilling
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and they shareddelt that with a largerstørre audiencepublikum, acceleratingaccelererende the processbehandle.
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speedede processen op.
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And so then this communityfællesskab formeddannet
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of people who shareddelt this bigstor insideinde jokejoke
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mennesker som som delte den
her store indforståede joke,
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and they startedstartede talkingtaler about it and doing things with it.
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og de startede med at snakke om det
og gøre ting med den.
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And now there are 10,000 parodiesparodier of "FridayFredag" on YouTubeYouTube.
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Og nu er der 10.000 parodier
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Even in the first sevensyv daysdage,
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there was one parodyparodi for everyhver other day of the weekuge.
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var der en parodi for hver af
de andre dage i ugen.
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UnlikeI modsætning til the one-wayenvejs entertainmentunderholdning of the 20thth centuryårhundrede,
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this communityfællesskab participationdeltagelse
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er den her deltagelse i fællesskaber
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is how we becomeblive a parten del of the phenomenonfænomen --
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måden hvorpå vi bliver en del af fænomenet,
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eitherenten by spreadingbreder sig it or by doing something newny with it.
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enten ved at sprede det eller
at gøre noget nyt med det.
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So "NyanNyan CatKat" is a loopedloopes animationanimation
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Så "Nyan Cat" er en loopet animation
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with loopedloopes musicmusik.
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med loopet musik
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It's this, just like this.
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Det er det her og kun det her.
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It's been viewedset på nearlynæsten 50 millionmillion timesgange this yearår.
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Den er blevet set næsten
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And if you think that that is weirdmærkelig,
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Og hvis du tænker, det er underligt,
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you should know that there is a three-hourtre-time versionversion of this
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så skal I lige vide at der er
en tre-timers version af den
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that's been viewedset på fourfire millionmillion timesgange.
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som er blevet set fire millioner gange.
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Even catskatte were watchingser this videovideo.
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Selv katte har set den her video.
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CatsKatte were watchingser other catskatte watch this videovideo.
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But what's importantvigtig here
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Hvad det er vigtigt her
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is the creativitykreativitet that it inspiredinspireret
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er den kreativitet det her har inspireret
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amongstblandt this techietechie, geekynørdede InternetInternet culturekultur.
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mellem den her techie, nørdede internet kultur.
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There were remixesremixes.
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SomeoneNogen madelavet an oldgammel timeytimey versionversion.
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Nogen lavede en gammeldags version.
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And then it wentgik internationalinternational.
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An entirehel remixremix communityfællesskab sproutedspirede up
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that broughtbragt it from beingvære just a stupiddum jokejoke
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som løftede det fra en simpel dum joke
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to something that we can all actuallyrent faktisk be a parten del of.
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til noget, som vi faktisk kan være en del af.
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Because we don't just enjoygod fornøjelse now,
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Fordi vi nyder det ikke kun,
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we participatedeltage.
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vi deltager.
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And who could have predictedforudsagt any of this?
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Og hvem ville have forudset noget af det her?
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Who could have predictedforudsagt "DoubleDobbelt RainbowRegnbue" or RebeccaRebecca BlackSort
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Hvem kunne have forudset
"Double Rainbow eller Rebecca Black
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or "NyanNyan CatKat?"
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eller "Nyan Cat"?
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What scriptsscripts could you have writtenskriftlig
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Hvilke manuskripter kunne man have skrevet
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that would have containedindeholdt this in it?
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som ville have forudset det her?
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In a worldverden where over two daysdage of videovideo
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I en verden hvor over to dages video
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get uploadeduploadet everyhver minuteminut,
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bliver uploaded hvert minut,
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only that whichhvilken is trulyvirkelig uniqueenestående and unexpecteduventet
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kan kun det fuldstændigt
unikke og overraskende
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can standstå out in the way that these things have.
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stå ud på den måde, som de her ting har.
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When a friendven of minemine told me that I neededhavde brug for to see this great videovideo
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Da en ven fortalte mig at jeg blev nødt
til at se den her fantastiske video
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about a guy protestingprotesterer bicyclecykel finesbøder in NewNye YorkYork CityCity,
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om en fyr som protesterede
mod cykelbøder i New York City,
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I admitindrømme I wasn'tvar ikke very interestedinteresseret.
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må jeg indrømme at var meget interesseret.
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(VideoVideo) CaseyCasey NiestatNiestat: So I got a ticketbillet for not ridingridning in the bikecykel laneLane,
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(Video) Casey Niestat:
Jeg fik en bøde for ikke at cykle på cykelstien,
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but oftentit there are obstructionsforhindringer
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men ofte er det forhindringer,
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that keep you from properlykorrekt ridingridning in the bikecykel laneLane.
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som forhindrer dig i at kunne cykle
ordenligt på cykelstien.
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KAKA: By beingvære totallyhelt surprisingoverraskende and humoroushumoristisk,
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Ved at være fuldstændig
overraskende og morsom,
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CaseyCasey NiestatNiestat got his funnysjov ideaide and pointpunkt
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fik Carsey Niestat den her sjove idé og pointe
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seenset fivefem millionmillion timesgange.
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set fem millioner gange.
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And so this approachnærme sig holdsbesidder
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Og denne tilgang gælder
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for anything newny that we do creativelykreativt.
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for alt nyt kreativt vi laver.
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And so it all bringsbringer us
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Og dette bringer os
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to one bigstor questionspørgsmål ...
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til det store spørgsmål...
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(VideoVideo) BearBjørn VasquezVasquez: What does this mean?
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(Video) Bear Vasquez: Hvad betyder dette?
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OhhhhÅh.
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Ohhhh.
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(LaughterLatter)
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KAKA: What does it mean?
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KA: Hvad betyder det?
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TastemakersTastemakers, creativekreativ participatingdeltager communitiesfællesskaber,
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Smagsskabere, kreative deltagende fællesskaber,
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completekomplet unexpectednessuventethed,
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komplet overraskelse,
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these are characteristicsegenskaber of a newny kindvenlig of mediamedier and a newny kindvenlig of culturekultur
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disse er karakteristikker for en ny slags
medium og en ny slags kultur
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where anyonenogen som helst has accessadgang
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hvor alle har adgang
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and the audiencepublikum definesdefinerer the popularitypopularitet.
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og hvor publikummet definerer populariteten.
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I mean, as mentionednævnte earliertidligere,
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Jeg mener, som tidligere nævnt,
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one of the biggeststørste starsstjerner in the worldverden right now, JustinJustin BieberBieber,
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en af de største stjerner i verden lige nu,
Justin Bieber,
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got his startStart on YouTubeYouTube.
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begyndte op YouTube.
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No one has to green-lightgrønt lys your ideaide.
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Ingen behøver at give grønt lys til dine ideer.
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And we all now feel some ownershipejendomsret
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Og vi føler nu et ejerskab
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in our ownegen poppop culturekultur.
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i vores egen popkultur.
07:00
And these are not characteristicsegenskaber of oldgammel mediamedier,
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og disse er ikke karakteristikker
af et gammelt medium,
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and they're barelyknap truerigtigt of the mediamedier of todayi dag,
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og de er næsten ikke sande i dagens medier,
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but they will definedefinere the entertainmentunderholdning of the futurefremtid.
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men de vil definere fremtidens underholdning.
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Thank you.
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Tak.
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(ApplauseBifald)
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(Bifald)
Translated by Anders Finn Jørgensen
Reviewed by Pernille kvamsdal

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kevin Allocca - Head of Culture & Trends, YouTube
Kevin Allocca is YouTube's expert on the intersection of web video and global culture

Why you should listen

Kevin Allocca is an author and technology professional and is currently the Head of Culture & Trends at YouTube, where he tracks popular video phenomena and manages trending content initiatives. He is YouTube's expert on the intersection of web video and global culture, and is often cited in the press on subjects of virality, popularity and breaking news.

His book, VIDEOCRACY: How YouTube Is Changing the World . . . with Double Rainbows, Singing Foxes, and Other Trends We Can’t Stop Watching, which explores YouTube's most interesting trends and the impact of video on our culture, was published by Bloomsbury in 2018.

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