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Why do videos go viral?  The success of the Kony 2012 documentary has a lot of filmmakers and activists pondering this very question.  Racking over 50 million views on YouTube since Monday (and over 14 million views on Vimeo) the documentary is the quintessential example of a viral phenomenon.  Now, beyond the accuracy of the documentary, or controversies swirling about it, it’s interesting to consider just how and why this video went viral.  In a recent TED talk called ‘Why Videos Go Viral’, YouTube’s trends manager, Kevin Allocca, boiled the answer down to three interacting factors — factors we can see at play in the ‘Kony 2012′ phenomenon: More »