yes, it apparently went 'viral' (as the kids call it these days) last month
10 years after I made the gif I was suddenly being asked to do newspaper and even radio interviews in Canada, America, New Zealand, India, France, Germany.. Quite strange how these things are suddenly popular again
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Sat 20 Jan 2018, 14:16,
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the massive upsurge in b3ta users as a result is clear proof of how valuable exposure is
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Sat 20 Jan 2018, 14:26,
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Have we done an 'extend an album cover' challenge in the past?
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Sat 20 Jan 2018, 14:44,
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Ahhhhh been finding loads online
thought they were prolly from here
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Sat 20 Jan 2018, 14:48,
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A few music sites grabbed all the images and posted them in their own galleries
www.nme.com/photos/album-sleeves-as-you-ve-never-seen-them-before-1405982
I guess those old lost b3tans retired on all the exposure
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Sat 20 Jan 2018, 15:05,
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I guess those old lost b3tans retired on all the exposure
Amazing that they bothered to mention the source, I just kind of take it for granted now that anything decent will be stolen, scrubbed of watermarks and rehosted
Ten years ago though, the world was a very different place
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Sat 20 Jan 2018, 15:11,
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i finally cracked imgur last month and got 500,000 views in like 4 hours..
with a gif of a girl kissing an otter, was a little surprised as any original content i've posted on there in the past just gets downvoted
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Sat 20 Jan 2018, 15:54,
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are you rich now, or did the otter hire wipe out your profit margin?
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Sat 20 Jan 2018, 16:10,
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10 years ago? I think it was "Nuts" and "Zoo" who did it back then. They were pioneers, if you think about it.
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