http://socialuxe.com/2006/08/the-chris-saviano-effect/ A publication about social media, culture and consumerism by Eston Bond in the heart of Silicon Valley. Tue, 04 May 2010 23:13:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://socialuxe.com/2006/08/the-chris-saviano-effect/#comment-4211 cindy Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:04:29 +0000 http://hyalineskies.com/2006/08/the-chris-saviano-effect/#comment-4211 I am married to chris Savaiano. But he's not in the FBI. We get asked about this guy downtown all the time. Oh well... I am married to chris Savaiano. But he’s not in the FBI. We get asked about this guy downtown all the time. Oh well…

]]> http://socialuxe.com/2006/08/the-chris-saviano-effect/#comment-2739 Cassie is not the only one watching at hyalineskies Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:00:03 +0000 http://hyalineskies.com/2006/08/the-chris-saviano-effect/#comment-2739 [...] This social media exploit was something I theorised about way back in August under an entry titled The Chris Saviano effect. Now, exactly what I had outlined as a social media possibility has proven true in a mainstream case. The lonelygirl15 creators loved the ARG so much that OpAphid was made official, tying user-created, immersive content into the canon. While an actual reality wasn’t exploited in this case (as I had outlined in The Chris Saviano effect,) the concept of building questionably deceptive media around a seemingly authentic event has proved alarmingly real. It’s almost ironic that lonelygirl15, a lie in itself, got tangled into yet another created by a different user/creator. Now, in the canonical saga of Bree and Daniel, the subplots reach deep at little cost to the original filmmakers. Lonelygirl15 is now absolutely huge. [...] [...] This social media exploit was something I theorised about way back in August under an entry titled The Chris Saviano effect. Now, exactly what I had outlined as a social media possibility has proven true in a mainstream case. The lonelygirl15 creators loved the ARG so much that OpAphid was made official, tying user-created, immersive content into the canon. While an actual reality wasn’t exploited in this case (as I had outlined in The Chris Saviano effect,) the concept of building questionably deceptive media around a seemingly authentic event has proved alarmingly real. It’s almost ironic that lonelygirl15, a lie in itself, got tangled into yet another created by a different user/creator. Now, in the canonical saga of Bree and Daniel, the subplots reach deep at little cost to the original filmmakers. Lonelygirl15 is now absolutely huge. [...]

]]> http://socialuxe.com/2006/08/the-chris-saviano-effect/#comment-1971 Dan Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:25:41 +0000 http://hyalineskies.com/2006/08/the-chris-saviano-effect/#comment-1971 The sign guy was in Washington DC, on 10-16-06 near the J. Edgar Hoover Building The sign guy was in Washington DC, on 10-16-06 near the J. Edgar Hoover Building

]]> http://socialuxe.com/2006/08/the-chris-saviano-effect/#comment-1742 City1000 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:06:06 +0000 http://hyalineskies.com/2006/08/the-chris-saviano-effect/#comment-1742 http://www.flickr.com/photos/lobstar/249240629/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lobstar/249240629/

]]> http://socialuxe.com/2006/08/the-chris-saviano-effect/#comment-1662 S.G. Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:03:04 +0000 http://hyalineskies.com/2006/08/the-chris-saviano-effect/#comment-1662 The marketing of water in my opinion is the biggest false reality. The worlds most abundant resource on earth, available free in almost every single household in the US and people buy it in bottles. The marketing of water in my opinion is the biggest false reality. The worlds most abundant resource on earth, available free in almost every single household in the US and people buy it in bottles.

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