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The meme video at 13
You already told us the 5.2M views came from one meme video you posted at 13 on an old YouTube account. What do you remember about making and posting that video, and about the old account itself?
He remembers that he saw someone post a meme, thought it was funny, and posted his own take on it in that day's terms, and his version blew up because that was just better. The 5.2M views came from that one video, posted at 13 on an old YouTube account. It was not entirely his original idea, and those views are not a client result.
I remember that I saw someone post it. I thought it was funny, so I basically posted my own take on it in that day's terms, and mine blew up because that was just better.
Source: Round 7, question 1. Michael McCraw, voice transcript relayed by Gideon, Nov 14, 2026, 4:08 PM MT. "A member" is published as "I remember." Framed as his own take on a meme he'd seen, per the publishing rules. The 5.2M views from that one video, posted at 13 on an old YouTube account, were established in Round 3 and are not a client result. He did not describe the old account itself in this answer; that is on the YouTube-now page. Pages on this site use only his interview answers or other verified sources. Nothing here is invented.
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You already told us the 5.2M views came from one meme video you posted at 13 on an old YouTube account. What do you remember about making and posting that video, and about the old account itself?
I remember that I saw someone post it. I thought it was funny, so I basically posted my own take on it in that day's terms, and mine blew up because that was just better.