Real or Fake?

With everyone trying to have their ten minutes of fame these days it is getting harder and harder to trust that a viral video is actually real or not. One of the more recent characters to emerge on the scene is a guy known as Francis. This is his famous video:


Now, I've heard on many accounts that this video is fake and that he is acting out for the views, and although that is a sort of relief that this is not a real person, it only proves my point. Viral videos have impacted our society in many ways, and have made fame available through things as simple as a webcam and a script. If you need an example as to how viral videos have impacted advertising, just take a look at the recent superbowl that just passed. Most of the commercials, especially the Doritos commercials, all had that "Viral video Vibe".