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Bizarre Google Trend Spikes are traditionally caused by 4chan, it doesn't seem like that is the case here though.
by ryanc 16y ago
Bizarre Google Trend Spikes are traditionally caused by 4chan, it doesn't seem like that is the case here though.
- mcantor 16y agoUpvoted for germane usage of the terms "traditional" and "4chan" in the same sentence.
- nikgregory 16y agoWhen I first saw the spike it was for XKCD and Penny Arcade, I was expecting it to be internet culture related. I mean at the time XKCD was still growing in readership and to get a colossal jump was a bit weird so I was wondering about a Digg or Reddit boost, then when I noticed it was wider and into more obscure terms I wondered if it was an oddball 4chan event. However I saw it in literally every term I searched, the only ones I couldn't see it in were terms that already had huge random spikes. So I thought I'd post it here, see if anyone else could figure it out and it looks like a few people have good suggestions - gotta love HN.