How to design your Facebook page and increase engagement with students online. Presented at the 2012 ACUHOI Annual Conference

1. WAS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY?
LOLCATS
“An explosively popular phenomenon, lolcats are a photos of cats with a funny caption in lolspeak
(also known as kitty pidgin). These captions might look completely random, but they actually have some
popular sentence structures and may even contain other memes. It's believed this phenomenon
originated from 4chan imageboards.”
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THE "O RLY?" OWL
“O RLY? (an abbreviation of "Oh, really?") is yet another internet phenomenon in a form of image
macro (although just the phrase without the picture is often used as well). It dates back to at least year
2003 when it was used on the Something Awful forums.... The phrase is often used in online forums to
respond to posts in a sarcastic or mocking way. It is one of the internet memes that you are most likely
to see on internet chatrooms.”
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EPIC FAIL
“While fail is normally used as a verb, on the internet it has become a noun meaning a spectacular
failure of some sort - basically the opposite of success, or win. It can also signify disapproval of
something (such as "this movie fails", an example given by UrbanDictionary). The word "epic" is often
added for a bigger effect. When the fail is so big it boggles the mind, it becomes epic; in other words,
it is a failure of epic proportions.”
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YOU DON'T SAY?
““You Don’t Say?” is a rage comic face based on a contour drawing of Nicolas Cage that is that
is used as a sarcastic response to an obvious observation or statement, in similar vein to “O RLY”
image macros.”
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-dont-say
PHILOSORAPTOR
“Philosoraptor is an image macro series featuring a clip art of Velociraptor deeply immersed in
metaphysical inquiries or unraveling quirky paradoxes. One of the more thoughtful (and
successful) Advice Dog variations, Philosoraptor challenges the reader with his deep, existential,
Paleolithic questions.”
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/philosoraptor
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
““Challenge Accepted” is a series of four-pane comics depicting real life situations where the
character is presented with a highly difficult or dangerous task requiring blind courage, yet
chooses to embrace the near-impossible challenge against all odds.”
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/challenge-accepted
SOCIALLY AWKWARD PENGUIN
“Socially Awkward Penguin is an advice animal image macro series featuring a penguin lacking
both social skills and self esteem. The text typically narrates uncomfortable life situations,
highlighting an exceptionally clumsy or inelegant response.”
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/socially-awkward-penguin
RICKROLLING
“Rickrolling is one of the most widespread internet memes. It involves tricking people into clicking a link
to a music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up". The URL is often masked
using services like TinyURL.com and said to be relevant to the topic at hand. If a person falls for the
trick, then he is officially rickrolled!”
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