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June 23, 2008

We Must Stop Avril Lavigne From Owning YouTube

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Not sure what Golden Fiddle was doing deep in an Avril Lavigne message board this weekend, but he discovered a fan-initiated plot that could change the way we think of what's truly popular on YouTube forever. Forever!:

We're going to make Girlfriend the first ever video on YouTube to have over 100,000,000 views.

Girlfriend currently has 88,068,719 views and the #1 video Evolution of Dance has 89,046,834 views....Check out http://www.avrilbandaids.com/youtubeviewer.html - This page has been specially designed to kick some serious YouTube butt.

Every 15 seconds this page will automatically refresh adding 1 view to Girlfriend's YouTube total each time it does. Keep this page open while you browse the internet, study for exams, or even sleep. For extra viewing power, open up two or more browser windows at this page!

We can't let this happen! Let's all watch Evolution Of Dance one more time:

Posted by Lindsay at 9:50 AM in ,
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what

I always thought youtube views were like iTunes play counts where it doesn't count until you finish, or last.fm where you have to listen to more than just 15 seconds of it. Anyway, guess who's going to be watching Evolution of Dance all day at work today as part of her solo crusade against Avril Lavigne.

Posted by: what profile link at 06/23/08 10:25 AM | Reply
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Gabe

This is like "Who do you want for President: Dick Cheney or Karl Rove?"

Posted by: Gabe profile link at 06/23/08 10:29 AM | Reply
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Thank God this is our hell and not George Carlin's. (Should he be so unfortunate to even go to hell or an afterlife at all.)

Posted by: Chadams at 06/23/08 11:44 AM | Reply
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lies gabe!!! you love girlfirend, put it on one of you music mixes and probably viewed the fuck out of that video on youtube. this is all your fault

Posted by: nicole at 06/24/08 10:19 AM | Reply
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Gabe

Lindsay wrote this post.

Obviously I support Avril, but more importantly I am strongly opposed to the Evolution of Dance. More like the Evolution of The Worst Thing Ever, AM I RIGHT, YOU GUYS?

Posted by: Gabe profile link in reply to nicole's comment at 06/24/08 10:43 AM | Reply
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shut up looser

Posted by: avrilfan at 06/24/08 5:35 PM | Reply
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Noooo I prefer Avril I didn't know about this but I'm going to used
"Girlfriend" is awezome it's my favorite song and video so she defently deserves the TOP of youtube!.

Posted by: Emmanuel at 06/25/08 4:40 PM | Reply
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Avril Lavigne is a dynamic spirit and a wild child! Look! In this video appears her strong personality! http://memopal.clickmeter.com/007042.html

Posted by: miss18 at 07/14/08 9:17 AM | Reply
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I think Avril deserves the no. 1 spot because YouTube has disabled the counts used by automated systems and has deleted all of those views, additionally Avril’s videos are not embedded anywhere else but in YouTube, unlike Evolution of Dance’s video which is embedded all over the internet. It is quite amazing that Avril’s video has managed to rack up that many views without embedding, If Avril’s video had been allowed to be embedded by RCA it would have already far surpassed the Evolution of dance video long ago.

Also the Evolution of Dance video has been out far longer than Avril’s video and it has caught up in record time, proving the immense popularity of the song worldwide.

Avril’s song Girlfriend was the most legally bought and downloaded song of 2007.

Furthermore, Avril was the best selling female artist in the world in 2007 according to:
worldwidealbums.net/2007ye.htm

And Avril Lavigne now has the most NO. 1 Top 40 Hits This Decade. Avril Lavigne has ascended to a lofty pedestal: The 22-year-old now has the most No. 1 top 40 hits this decade at “five” and is the No. 2 artist in the 14-year history of Nielsen BDS, behind Mariah Carey’s six chart-toppers. —Chuck Taylor (Billboard.com)Source: billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i6337374c02990aa382432d13494ab554

Posted by: kardemee at 09/06/08 9:43 PM | Reply
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