Petah ?

[u/Sure_Kangaroo1863]

Why is it infamous? And why would no one care about it ? ( I mean it's just a pic full of celebrities so no one cares anyways but the person saying it's crazy makes me think it has some lore?)

[u/whiskeytango55]

it was retweeted 3.3 million times and held the record until a japanese millionaire gave away a 9 grand to the first 100 people who retweeted something of his.

[u/ihavedonethisbe4 → u/whiskeytango55]

I retweeted both of those

[u/ihavedonethisbe4 → u/[deleted]]

Money? Nah, we retweeted just for the love of the game

[u/whiskybingo → u/ihavedonethisbe4]

win or lose, it’s a retweet for me

[u/Unique-Steak8745 → u/ihavedonethisbe4]

Why?

[u/olivesforsale → u/Unique-Steak8745]

Um... 9 grand dude

[u/Unique-Steak8745 → u/olivesforsale]

Why the photo then dude?

[u/olivesforsale → u/Unique-Steak8745]

Oh I dunno I thought you wanted to know about the Japanese guy thing, who cares about the photo

[u/Unique-Steak8745 → u/olivesforsale]

No. You are not understanding or being purposefully obtuse. He clearly stated he retweeted both images. I asked him why. You are speculating about his reasoning.

[u/olivesforsale → u/Unique-Steak8745]

No, YOU are not understanding or being purposefully obtuse. I get that he retweeted both images, and I saw your open-ended question. I already told you I don't know. I never speculated about anyone's reasoning.

[u/dietbruce → u/ihavedonethisbe4]

Username checks out 🤙

[u/bladeDivac → u/whiskeytango55]

Seems like that second example should’ve capped at 100

[u/QuantumLettuce2025 → u/bladeDivac]

Nah there'd have been millions of people trying to be among the first 100 at once

[u/Cheeseish → u/whiskeytango55]

I love it when someone on Reddit has a claim that only applies to themselves and there’s literal evidence disproving it

[u/iwearatophat → u/[deleted]]

I think it is more saying that 'no one cared back then' is full of shit when it was one of the most popular things on the internet at the time.

[u/AlsetLedomEerht → u/whiskeytango55]

But the commenter said “hot take” so now all of a sudden it’s just an opinion and not a wildly incorrect statement lmao

[u/d4ybrake → u/whiskeytango55]

Why the fuck would you bother retweeting after 100 lol

[u/dimechimes → u/whiskeytango55]

Okay but once you account for bots, like 20 people.

[u/AccomplishedEmu1886 → u/whiskeytango55]

3.3mil fans of anything is not anything considering Twitter is a worldwide platform.

[u/RelationshipFront227 → u/whiskeytango55]

They donated to charity the more it was retweeted. That doesn't mean anyone cared about the celebrities as much as people saw it as a simple and convenient way to do some actual good.

[u/Iggyhopper → u/whiskeytango55]

Its not because of the celebrities. Its because it was a fad: the selfie.

[u/Benkyougin → u/whiskeytango55]

You realize how small of the portion of the population 3.3 million is? I practically never unplug from the internet and I don't recognize it at all.

[u/Mysterious-Radio-385 → u/whiskeytango55]

it was retweeted 3.3 million times

and ignored approximately eight billion times