Hello fellow internet adventurers, my name is Matt, and as a requirement for my Media Delivery Systems and Distribution class (I think that’s what it’s called), I’m here to unload on you about the what’s and why’s of viral internet images.  I will be focusing my studies on the Reddit sub-site Imgur.com.  In a nutshell, Imgur is an online image hosting service where anyone can upload original or copy-written images to be view publically.  I’ve been browsing this website for a little under a year thus far and found many peculiarities in the behaviors of users and the kinds of subjects and ideas that become viral.  Once an image becomes popular or viral on the website, the image is then allocated to a “Front Page”, which displays a collection of the days viral images more prominently for all registered and non-registered users to see. I think this is a great place to observe and study the phenomenon of viral images and what makes them happen.