15toFame – Become an Instant Celebrity

15tofame.com, a website that allows users to be world-famous for 15 minutes. 15tofame realizes the prophecy of the American artist Andy Warhol made in February 1968 : “In the future everybody will be world-famous for 15 minutes“.

15tofame allows users to have a video shown continuously for 15 minutes chosen to play their chances of being [...]

15 minutes of fame

15tofame.com, a website that allows users to be world-famous for 15 minutes. 15tofame realizes the prophecy of the American artist Andy Warhol made in February 1968 : “In the future everybody will be world-famous for 15 minutes“.

15tofame allows users to have a video shown continuously for 15 minutes chosen to play their chances of being famous, so during those 15 minutes everybody all over the world can see the same video simultaneously. In fact the home of the site is simply a “Polaroid” including a video which appears for 15 minutes, after that another user will have his 15 minutes of fame. A user on 15tofame can only have 15 minutes of fame in his life.

“15tofame is the tool to make a video a cut above the rest so it’s the best place for new talents to be discovered.” said Stefano Mendicino, co-founder of 15tofame.

Another outstanding feature is the simplicity with which users share their favorite videos seen on 15tofame. Users can instantly share them via the main social networks like Facebook and Twitter creating a viral buzz immediately. Registered users can also ‘clap’ their favorite aspirants famous people, so those with true talent will rise to the top.

15 minutes of fame

The video that the user wants to use for his 15 minutes of fame has to be on YouTube so after his minutes of fame people who have appreciated his performance can continue to enjoy his video. In fact the details and the link to the video remain on the ‘clapsboard’ of the users who liked it and on the ‘Wall of fame’ that reminds everyone that got 15 minutes of fame.

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Hate Fox on Google News? Join the Google Club

Everyone talks about how liberal Google is and how it may bias their objectivity in the search results and their other agendas. But every day, I check the Google News Forum and see complaints from “liberals” that Google News shows Fox News, a very conservative news source, in the Google News search results and home page. The more I see the complaints, the more I see that Google is not politically bias in their search results.

Just take a quick scan of the Google News Forum and see how many complaints there are about Fox News being included:

Fox News Debate on Google News Forum

I find it a bit comical to be honest. I did think it would be nice to give searchers an option about how liberal or conservative they want the news to be. I asked they create a liberal & conservative news slider control that allows users to adjust how liberal or conservative the news gets. Of course, if Google did that, they would have to label each news source as liberal/conservative or pick up words on a page that make a news source liberal or conservative. That can get a bit hairy.

I just thought I point out the daily activity in this Google News Forum.

Forum discussion at Google News Forum.


Everyone talks about how liberal Google is and how it may bias their objectivity in the search results and their other agendas. But every day, I check the Google News Forum and see complaints from “liberals” that Google News shows Fox News, a very conservative news source, in the Google News search results and home page. The more I see the complaints, the more I see that Google is not politically bias in their search results.

Just take a quick scan of the Google News Forum and see how many complaints there are about Fox News being included:

Fox News Debate on Google News Forum

I find it a bit comical to be honest. I did think it would be nice to give searchers an option about how liberal or conservative they want the news to be. I asked they create a liberal & conservative news slider control that allows users to adjust how liberal or conservative the news gets. Of course, if Google did that, they would have to label each news source as liberal/conservative or pick up words on a page that make a news source liberal or conservative. That can get a bit hairy.

I just thought I point out the daily activity in this Google News Forum.

Forum discussion at Google News Forum.



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