Thank God It’s Not “Friday” – Most Hated Video on YouTube

Last week Techn(t)Parent posted on the tween one-hit wonder, Rebecca Black.

And the saga continues…

According to Mashable, “Friday” is now the most hated video on the YouTube. Rebecca Black’s “Friday” surpassed Justin Bieber’s “Baby” by around 27,000 dislikes this week.

Rebecca Black’s music video “Friday” was a rising star with 64 million YouTube views since last month. Now “Friday” has over 1.19 million dislikes. Only Justin Bieber’s “Baby” comes close with  nearly 1.2 million dislikes. (Word on the street is all the Bieber haters are boys.)

Since Bieber’s vieo has over 501 million views, he can take a million haters in stride. But Rebecca Black’s video has inspired “dislike” from nearly 2% of the viewers who saw the video. “Baby” has a hate-rate of just under .25%.

Not to worry. Rebecca still has some loyal followers. I read on Facebook how they were consoling her about the recent YouTube hate wave. Yes, she really writes in ALLCAPS ALL THE TIME!

Rebecca Black

OMG NO FRIDAY WAS TAKEN DOWN!!

Madison Holman
no way that sucks I love that song

Rebecca Black

HEY FRIDAY IS BACK UP WOOHOO!

Is “Friday” really so bad? You be the judge.

Can 21 Million Fans be Wrong?

Tween pop sensation, Justin Bieber, was discovered on YouTube in 2008 by Scooter Braun. Given his predominantly tween audience, it is no surprise that he regularly promotes himself with social media. Justin has used Twitter to keep in touch with his fans in good moments and bad.

After an event was canceled at Long Island’s Roosevelt Field Mall due to an unruly crowd of fans, Justin tweeted, “the event at roosevelt mall is cancelled. please go home. the police have already arrested one person from my camp. I dont want anyone hurt.[sic]” The crowd eventually calmed down and order was restored.

Bieber’s fans call themselves “Beliebers” and they are not kidding. There are some true fanatics among the 21 million. They have been known to take to the social waves to “defend” him as was the case this week. A few serious “Beliebers” decided to hack Wikipedia after Bieber lost the Grammy for best new artist to the jazz musician Esperanza Spalding. Last night the entry for Spalding was edited to say “JUSTIN BIEBER DESERVED IT GO DIE IN A HOLE. WHO THE HECK ARE YOU ANYWAY?” along with some other choice comments.

“Never Say Never” Premiere Streamed Live on Facebook
Knowing the influence Bieber has on his tween followers, Paramount decided to promote the film heavily on social media platforms and the bet paid off. “Never Say Never” grossed $29.5 million in its first three days of release, powered by viral publicity from Facebook, the Bieb’s massive Twitter feed and several TV appearances.

Bieber’s fans soaked in every second streamed on his Facebook and Twitter coverage of the “Never Say Never” premiere. Even the mundane parts of the “Never Say Never” premiere were streamed live to eager fans gathered around computers and mobile devices. This live social-stream event made fans feel like they were at the premiere and they went to the movie theaters in droves in the days that followed.