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Mike Senatore's talent-show bottle flip

Creator moment · 2016 · Viral

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Senatore's school bottle flip spread into a challenge; one copy passed 6.8 million views.

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How it works
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Numbers

Seed tweet retweets
>47K
As of May 26, 2016 · X · TIME
Seed tweet likes
~69K
As of May 26, 2016 · X · TIME
Seed to milestone
5 days
May 24 ’16 to May 29 ’16
Platforms
6
Started on X
Origin
Organic
Culture (no sector)

Mechanics

  • ChallengePrimary
  • Real-world spectacle
  • Platform jump
  • Press loop
  • Controversy

How it spread

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Manning posted Senatore's school bottle flip on Twitter. News interviews and YouTube copies followed. Students filmed their own attempts; schools restricted the practice. Developers made bottle-flip games, and the format reached an NBA broadcast and a physics paper.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.

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Timeline (16)

  1. May 2016

    Wes Manning (@WesleyManning6) seed · May 24 ’16

    Manning posted Senatore's upright bottle landing and the school audience's reaction on Twitter.[1][2]

    Video of water bottle flip makes North Carolina teen an Internet star
    Open the first post ↗

  2. NBC TODAY press · May 25 ’16

    TODAY interviewed Senatore and Manning after the clip passed 30,000 retweets.[3]

    A teen who flipped a plastic bottle on a table has the Internet losing its mind

  3. Mike Senatore owner response · May 26 ’16

    Senatore shared flipping tips with ABC as Manning's tweet passed 47,000 retweets.[4][5]

    Internet Goes Wild for Video of Teen Flipping Water Bottle in High School Talent Show
Origin
Organic
Sector
Culture (no sector)
Region
US
Seed tweet retweets
>47K
As of May 26, 2016 · X · TIME
Seed tweet likes
~69K
As of May 26, 2016 · X · TIME
Evidence
Grade B

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  1. May 2016

    Wes Manning (@WesleyManning6) seed · May 24 ’16

    Manning posted Senatore's upright bottle landing and the school audience's reaction on Twitter.[1][2]

    Video of water bottle flip makes North Carolina teen an Internet star
    Open the first post ↗

  2. NBC TODAY press · May 25 ’16

    TODAY interviewed Senatore and Manning after the clip passed 30,000 retweets.[3]

    A teen who flipped a plastic bottle on a table has the Internet losing its mind

  3. Mike Senatore owner response · May 26 ’16

    Senatore shared flipping tips with ABC as Manning's tweet passed 47,000 retweets.[4][5]

    Internet Goes Wild for Video of Teen Flipping Water Bottle in High School Talent Show

  1. platform jump · May 27 ’16

  2. milestone · May 29 ’16

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