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Max Read · 10/02/12 02:25PMActor Vin Diesel has one of the biggest pages on Facebook: 34,883,564 likes. "How's he doing it?" Mashable wonders. "Simple: authenticity... authentic communication usually wins out over boring, boilerplate content." Authentic communication, and inspirational image macros, and photoshops of Diesel's face on a dragon.
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Neetzan Zimmerman · 07/24/12 11:53AMCustodian With Made-For-Hollywood Life Story Graduates From Columbia
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Neetzan Zimmerman · 04/24/12 11:15AMScholarship Video Dazzles the Eye, Will Inspire the Crap Out of You
Mike Byhoff · 03/15/10 09:45AMAchieve Your Potential Now!
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Hamilton Nolan · 05/29/09 04:12PMDid PepsiCo Steal Ad From Tumblr Blogger?
Hamilton Nolan · 05/19/08 03:28PMIs Tumblr now fertile ground for stealing ideas? Sierra Mist has a new ad—a cross promotion with The Office on NBC—showing a bunch of office workers flying toy helicopters around their workspace as Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" plays in the background. "Is your office this much fun?" the voice-over asks. The Sierra Mist spot is amazingly similar to a promo video that the young blog wizards at Tumblr released seven months ago. The same helicopters buzzing around the office; the same background music. Tumblr founder David Karp tells us he came up with the idea on a lark, to show off life in the office of the young company, and that the musical idea was "the result of being raised by a composer with an appreciation for theme music." He also tells us he wasn't contacted by Sierra Mist's ad agency before their ad went up. Scandal? We've emailed PepsiCo. for a response. It could be an uncredited rip off—or just a case of both being inspired by Apocalypse Now. Click to watch the clip above juxtaposing the two ads, and decide for yourself. [Full original Tumblr spot here. Full Sierra Mist ad here.]