Comments on: How Do Memes Start? A Case Study: 100 Books in Facebook.

By: Lola Life: What I've been reading

Lola Life: What I've been reading — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:15:33 +0000

[...] and supposedly most people had read no more than six books. By a little gentle Googling, I found this, which tells quite a different story. In any case, Cold Comfort Farm was a book I hadn't read, and [...]

By: Aspirations and other problems | Seven Day Fool

Aspirations and other problems | Seven Day Fool — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:31:18 +0000

[...] a friend. (I did pretty well, probably because I’m awesome.) You can read about that mess here. And, to satiate your curiosity, I’ll paste the complete list, salvaged from a Facebook [...]

By: The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. How many have you read?

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:56:07 +0000

[...] the popular Facebook meme. It's not affiliated with the British Broadcasting Corporation.Source: http://www.purplecar.net/2009/03/how-do-memes-star... Friends Using This List Log in to see which friends are [...]

By: ONTD_LITERATURE - Booklist Challenge

ONTD_LITERATURE - Booklist Challenge — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:51:56 +0000

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By: Just for Fun

Just for Fun — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:18:20 +0000

[...] average person would have read only six out of a specific list of one hundred books. While the BBC never actually made any such claim, I thought that the idea of finding out how many "classics" the average person has read was an [...]

By: Turning over a new leaf | Molly Flatt

Turning over a new leaf | Molly Flatt — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:59:03 +0000

[...] week in a friend’s feed as if summoned by the guilt-laced January air. It takes the form of an apparently apocryphal BBC list of 100 must-read books, which claims that the average person has read only six, and [...]

By: The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up? « The Life of Umm

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:46:29 +0000

[...] interesting but bechara bbc isnt quite involved. much. so says the purple car person. enjaay. http://www.purplecar.net/2009/03/how-do-memes-start-a-case-study-100-books-in-facebook/ [...]

By: 100 Books: A short rant and a long post « Reading Together

100 Books: A short rant and a long post « Reading Together — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:05:46 +0000

[...] PurpleCar wrote an extensive post about how memes, and specifically the 100 Books meme, start. I thought she did a great analysis and I learned a lot from the comments section too. This 100 Books list is quite similar to a list of “books you can’t live without” compiled by The Guardian in 2007. The BBC polled readers for their favorite books and compiled a list of 200 favorites; there was no condescending statement that most people have only read 6. [...]

By: What’s a meme?! « Progress and Procrastination

What’s a meme?! « Progress and Procrastination — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:34:45 +0000

[...] It’s a meme! (Here are some links that will describe what a meme is and how this list is one: un, deux.) I was sad, angry, sheepish… then I started to think about where I would find a legitimate list [...]

By: What's up Liz: Books Before you Die

What's up Liz: Books Before you Die — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:56:40 +0000

[...] across this list of 100 books to read before you die. Of course I've seen book lists before (i.e. the bogus BBC list) but this list actually seemed legit. Some of the books I've already read, but most of them I [...]