Facebook and George Takei Show You How Photos Go Viral [VIDEO]

Viral content holds the Internet together -- that much is clear. But exactly how that content spreads isn't so cut and dry.

Facebook teamed up with design firm Stamen and actor-turned-social-media-star George Takei to see, share by share, just how photos go viral.

Here's how it worked: Takei shared a few photos on his Facebook page. Stamen took the shared data from his photos and converted it into a series of interactive graphics, which Facebook published this morning.

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The graphics are two colors, one for each gender. Each streak, then, represents someone re-sharing an image.…
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