Visualised: How something goes viral on Facebook 代表するd in fascinating ビデオ

By Snejana Farberov

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Those who have spent sleepless nights trying to 人物／姿／数字 out how a picture of a 削減（する） puppy could spread to 300,000 完全にする strangers on Facebook can now 残り／休憩（する） 平易な knowing that the mystery has been solved.

An award-winning team of data visualization designers based in San Francisco 解放（する）d a 一連の 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の ビデオs called Photo-株ing 爆発s 跡をつけるing how a trio of photos 地位，任命するd on an actor’s Facebook page have gone viral.?

All three ビデオs created by Stamen Design were 地位，任命するd on Thursday on the 場所／位置 Facebookstories with an explanation of the striking visualization? which 耐える more than a passing 似ている to Jackson Pollack’s 大混乱／混沌とした masterpieces.

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Space humor: A picture of Looney Tunes cartoon character Marvin the Martian superimposed over a photo of Mars from Nasa's Curiosity rover was shared 311,910 times

Space humor: A picture of Looney Tunes 風刺漫画 character Marvin the Martian superimposed over a photo of 火星 from Nasa's Curiosity rover was 株d 311,910 times

Roots: Each visualization is made up of a series of branches that spring from the source, Star Trek actor George Takei, who posted a picture of Marvin the Martian

Roots: Each visualization is made up of a 一連の 支店s that spring from the source, 星／主役にする Trek actor George Takei, who 地位，任命するd a picture of Marvin the Martian

Viral: This visualization tracks the spread of a single piece of content, the picture of Marvin the Martian on George Takei's page

Viral: This visualization 跡をつけるs the spread of a 選び出す／独身 piece of content, the picture of Marvin the Martian on George Takei's page

Fifty shades of blue: Each successive generation of shares becomes lighter as time goes by

Fifty shades of blue: Each 連続する 世代 of 株 becomes はしけ as time goes by

The data used for the visualizations 跡をつけるing a 選び出す／独身 piece of content 存在 株 between hundreds of people on Facebook spanned a three-month period from July to September and is composed of 株 起こる／始まるing from news 料金d.

Each visualization is made up of a 一連の 支店s, starting from the source, 星／主役にする Trek actor George Takei.

The first image 地位，任命するd by Takei shows the classic Looney Tunes 風刺漫画 character Marvin the Martian superimposed over a photo of 火星 from Nasa’s Curiosity rover.

Inspiring: A graphic of Famous Failures featuring the names of people who got a rough start but still went on to become successful got 103,635 shares

奮起させるing: A graphic of Famous 失敗s featuring the 指名するs of people who got a rough start but still went on to become successful got 103,635 株

Source: This image from the visualization of Famous Failures shows how the picture begins to spread shortly after being posted online

Source: This image from the visualization of Famous 失敗s shows how the picture begins to spread すぐに after 存在 地位，任命するd online

His and hers: This visualization of Famous Failures features two different colors that symbolize gender

His and hers: This visualization of Famous 失敗s features two different colors that symbolize gender

The image was 株d 311,910 times after the 75-year-old 星／主役にする Trek actor, whose Facebook page has 2.8million likes, 地位，任命するd it on August 6.??

The second image whose 株ing history was visualization by Stamen is called Famous 失敗s and it features the 指名するs of people who got a rough start but still went on to become successful in さまざまな field, の中で them Steve 職業s, Walt Disney and the Beatles.? The pictured got 103,635 株.

The final 地位，任命する called AbFab shows a woman lighting a cigarette from a London 2012 Olympic relay たいまつ, and it earned 90,202 株 from Takei’s Facebook fans.

Spreading like wildfire: A picture showing actress Jonanna Lumley as Patsy in the British show Absolutely Fabulous lighting a cigarette from the Olympic torch earned 90,202 shares

Spreading like wildfire: A picture showing actress Jonanna Lumley as Patsy in the British show 絶対 Fabulous lighting a cigarette from the Olympic たいまつ earned 90,202 株

Offshoot: Sometimes re-shares spawn a new generation of re-shares, like in the case of AbFab, and sometimes they explode in short-lived bursts

Offshoot: いつかs re-株 spawn a new 世代 of re-株, like in the 事例／患者 of AbFab, and いつかs they 爆発する in short-lived bursts

Nice touch: The curves of the branches that loop and coil are there purely for the viewers' aesthetic pleasure

Nice touch: The curves of the 支店s that 宙返り飛行 and coil are there 純粋に for the テレビ視聴者s' aesthetic 楽しみ

‘As each 支店 grows, re-株 分裂（する） off の上に their own arcs,’ a Stamen design 令状s.? ‘いつかs, these re-株 spawn a new 世代 of re-株, and いつかs they 爆発する in short-lived bursts of activity.’

Each visualization features two different colors that symbolize gender, and each 連続する 世代 becomes はしけ as time goes by. The designers point out that the fanciful curves of the 支店s that 宙返り飛行 and coil like the tendrils of a 工場／植物 are there 純粋に for the テレビ視聴者s’ aesthetic 楽しみ.

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