What Does It Look Like When A Facebook Photo Goes Viral?

To show viral activity, we could post graphs, charts and just a plain list of numbers. Facebook, through its Stories program, took virality a step further. Facebook Stories took three images from celebrity George Takei and created an intriguing visual representation of sharing through the social network.

To show viral activity, we could post graphs, charts, and just a plain list of numbers. Facebook, through its Stories program, took virality a step further. Facebook Stories took three images from celebrity George Takei and created an intriguing visual representation of sharing through the social network.

Facebook tracked the shares of three images that Takei has posted: Marvin the MartianAb Fab London, and Famous Failures. The site then put together animations showing how a photo shared by an influential person such as Takei can grow in popularity.

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