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May 24, 2009

A+++++ would definitely ask again!!!!!1!one

— srikanth @ 8:11 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1243195863 ) Play

These, and a few more such items, randomly became extremely popular for a reason. What?

Cracked by Rahulk , Dibyo , rAkLoDrAm , lordmaldy , afrocalypse , nishansolo , alephnull , jayanth , udupendra , KRIK and krudebox.

Answer:

Relatively unknown items on Amazon, they suddenly shot to fame after people started posting really interesting comments in the reviews section.

Check out the reviews for the Three Wolves and Moon t-shirt.

    20 Responses to “A+++++ would definitely ask again!!!!!1!one”

    1. Goyal Says:

      Sales of items soar after funny reviews


    2. Anoop Says:

      Active bidding on ebay for these items resulting from humorous and tongue-in-cheek reviews, causing immense popularity.


    3. Rahulk Says:

      Ok …. pure guesswork based on a previous question on the book (2)….. The reviews of these books on Amazon has shot them to popularity….


    4. Rahul Says:

      Viral word of mouth marketing over the internet..


    5. Dibyo Says:

      these are the items that generated fraud (and hilarious reviews) at amazon?

      Dibyo

    6. Johny Walker Says:

      da vinci code?


    7. rAkLoDrAm Says:

      Items that courted controversy on Amazon.com


    8. lordmaldy Says:

      The two books and the three-wolves tee are famous for being comically hijacked in their Amazon reviews section with hundreds of write-ups heaping crazy high praise upon the products like nobody’s business


    9. afrocalypse Says:

      Umm.. t-shirts that became popular because of the race to put up the most hilarious / creative reviews on amazon?


    10. nishansolo Says:

      They all became famous after getting wacky and funny comments on their ebay site. The Wolf-Moon T-shirt being the recent one to hit fame.


    11. Raghuvansh Says:

      Due to fake awesome reviews posted online as a meme?


    12. Logik Says:

      Various puzzle materials from Martin Gardner’s “Mathematical Games” column in the Scientific American.

      Logik

    13. alephnull Says:

      The hilarious user comments for them on Amazon ?


    14. jayanth Says:

      Users of Amazon.com posted parody reviews of these things?

      jayanth

    15. Martin Says:

      Comments/Reviews praising(sarcastically) these products became a viral thing on Amazon. As a result of this, the products sold lots!


    16. KRIK Says:

      BESTSELLERS AT AMAZON


    17. udupendra Says:

      Because of their amazing Amazon reviews. The ones for the three wolves tee are just mindblowing.

      udupendra

    18. KRIK Says:

      ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE FACETIOUS REMARKS OF THE CUSTOMERS


    19. krudebox Says:

      generated large sales on Amazon.com after some buyers posted hilarious/mocking reviews


    20. Raghuvansh Says:

      Please echooze but I am wondering – why do I not get points for this question?


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