This might be why there are so many 'Bird Box' memes
Conspiracies are circulating on Twitter about the staggering amount of Bird Box memes. Not only are there hundreds upon hundreds of Sandra Bullock memes, the viral ones are coming from accounts with less than 50 followers.
Many people believe that Netflix has orchestrated an underground league of memers and bots to boost promotion of the film. However, a much more plausible case simply points the finger at lucky locals.
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Regardless, something seems really fishy here. Check out a few of the viral memes in question below.
Gary: look it’s beautiful
Olympia: pic.twitter.com/gYkpnLdBcO
— rebeca ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* (@uwurebeca) December 27, 2018
?♀️ the bird box memes begin ? pic.twitter.com/OkzHN0p4Ex
— Shawnee ??? (@Jettagirl821) December 27, 2018
These bird box memes are funny af ? pic.twitter.com/tP1BFK3M8y
— Emerald ? (@Emerald95650556) December 27, 2018
Me understanding the #BirdBox memes after finally watching it. pic.twitter.com/bJS3b7TeB6
— chocolate.momma (@deborahbajard) December 28, 2018
Despite the popular conspiracy, people believe that many of these accounts are real and not bots because they appear to respond and interact with other tweets. The tweets below correspond to the first tweet in question above.
omg the original “bot”/uwurebeca actually responded and i believe that she isn’t a bot, I think that I’m just curious about the other accounts https://t.co/oKPC9C68mq
— Miss Rina Baby (@rinank_) December 28, 2018
Y’ALL NEED TO LISTEN, IM NOT A BOT LMAOOOOO, like i swear to G o d, i’m a real person smh and i actually don’t know why the bird box tweet got so many likes, like i was surprised because it was my first time tweeting something, but then everyONE STARTED SAYING THEY WERE BOTS pic.twitter.com/LaGK97pdVn
— rebeca ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* (@uwurebeca) December 28, 2018
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Additionally, a staff writer at The Atlantic pointed out that many people use Twitter as a platform to construct memes for Instagram because the format looks appealing.
“Also lots of people use twitter as basically a CMS for Insta,” staff writer Taylor Lorenz says. “So they have a Twitter accts just to post memes and screenshot them for Insta because that format performs well.”
Pretty sure this isn’t a Netflix conspiracy but just locals without a lot of followers tweeting memes. Also lots of people use twitter as basically a CMS for Insta. So they have a Twitter accts just to post memes and screenshot them for Insta because that format performs well. https://t.co/AgZzCENJC1
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) December 28, 2018
Lorenz also said that she reached out to Netflix for comment. In a tweet, the reporter said that allegations of the streaming service running a secret society of meme curators have since been proven false.
Just confirming that the allegations above — that Netflix was seeing and spreading memes through a bot network on twitter — are *completely false.* They did create an official Insta for the movie (which includes no memes) https://t.co/of8vM1Jrpx
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) December 28, 2018
However, if the Netflix conspiracies were true after all, the streaming service just proves to be comically good at marketing.
gonna watch Bird Box just to understand the memes… y’all won
— JuanPa (@jpbrammer) December 26, 2018
Bird Box is now streaming on Netflix. You can watch the trailer for the original film below.
What do you think is going on with all of the Bird Box memes? Sound off in the comments below.
