Off Topic: Do PF Posts ever go Viral or make Local/State/National News

[rhody]

The title pretty much asks the question. Does anyone here know if what I just asked has happened, if so, then when, and more important, why.

DISCUSS ! (Feeling Pengy like this morning, sorry Peng...)

Rhody...

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

The title pretty much asks the question. Does anyone here know if what I just asked has happened, if so, then when, and more important, why.

DISCUSS ! (Feeling Pengy like this morning, sorry Peng...)

Rhody...

I can think of a couple, but none very recently. Let's make a few! :D

 

[rhody]

Here is a perfect https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=3572048&postcount=49" that started on MacRumors Forum and the next day, boom, it hit the national news...

I posted about it in another thread. It is a beauty too, the story that is.

Rhody...

 

[Astronuc]

Here is a perfect https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=3572048&postcount=49" that started on MacRumors Forum and the next day, boom, it hit the national news...

I posted about it in another thread. It is a beauty too, the story that is.

Rhody...

That's not exactly a story for which I'd want PF to receive notoriety.

 

[rhody]

That's not exactly a story for which I'd want PF to receive notoriety.

I agree Astro, this is an example of how quickly "gossip" news can travel. Greg said he had a few examples, hopefully uplifting ones. Perhaps my story will serve as a warning to young people not to post potentially embarrassing things that could affect them in a negative way in the future.

Rhody...

 

[Pyrrhus]

sorry to "necro post" but this is an example

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13070896/GT1/8211/

I will let you find the hyperlink to PF. I'll give you a hint it's about a leak.