Anything involving a picture gets way more replies regardless if it's a troll attempt or actually real? Most often the meme threads are garbage like people throwing random pictures to see what sticks on the wall or not.
I have given up on forums except here because it's the same thing. Only 'treeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeendy' threads ever get noticed. If you complain or call out on it BOOM INSTANT BAN!!!
Haha, no, it was the guy that was running MTV at the time and hired Adam Curry and all the other VJs as part of a total revamp of MTV. Before that it was literally just music videos.
He went on to run NPR for a few years. Most people would think, "Who cares?", but at the time he was doing it I looked at the ratings. Limbaugh and Hannity had audiences of about 20M, but "Fresh Air" and "All Things Considered" each had audiences of about 30M.
I actually tried emailing AC about this years back, but my emails were, ahem, compromised.