Hasai | Facebook Marketing | Social Media Strategy » Reddit http://hasai.com/blog Hasai is a social media marketing firm in Southern California that specializes in driving traffic, enhancing engagement, and helping businesses to connect with their customers. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:33:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Reddit’s Gift of the Day: Video Views to a Random Clarinet-Playing Child http://hasai.com/blog/reddits-gift-of-the-day-video-views-to-a-random-clarinet-playing-child/ http://hasai.com/blog/reddits-gift-of-the-day-video-views-to-a-random-clarinet-playing-child/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:49:46 +0000 JD Rucker http://hasai.com/blog/?p=124 Reddit has been known to do some pretty amazing things when it comes to helping people. The list of these is definitely something that needs to be researched to do it justice, but take our word for it – Reddit might troll with the best of them, but they also bring great kindness to the world as a community.

Today’s variation truly struck me. It’s not that the cause was necessarily great, and that’s the point. Instead of helping someone find their stolen computer or sending 90th birthday wishes by the bushels, Reddit user throwawayinging sent tens of thousands of views (maybe more) to a random kid teaching others how to play D on the clarinet. The kid had never had more than a few views on his videos. When he wakes up in the morning, he’s in for a big surprise.

Currently, the standard 300 views are being displayed. YouTube holds views beyond 300 until they are verified, but with nearly 2500 thumbs up on the video, it’s clear that there are tons of views on the 1:17-long video. Here it is:

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