"How handsome can a man be?" This was a topic that suddenly went viral online.
In the early days of 2004, the internet's development was even faster than in history.
Historically, in 2004, China's internet coverage extended to first and second-tier cities nationwide, all provincial capitals, and some third-tier cities.
By 2006, it covered all major and medium-sized cities. In 2008, even township areas were covered by broadband, except for rural villages.
After 2012, except for a very small number of remote mountain villages, the internet had achieved full coverage.
In this world's 2004, perhaps due to the promotion by Boss Huang, the network economy developed more rapidly, leading to an even faster rollout of the internet.
By the start of 2004, all medium and small-sized cities nationwide were covered by the internet, except for some township areas, allowing users to dial up and go online at any time via telephone lines.
Furthermore, the development of LAN broadband was also very rapid. Major first and second-tier cities in the country had basically achieved full coverage of LAN broadband.
So-called LAN broadband meant that a fiber optic cable was laid to a residential complex, and then all residents of that complex accessed the internet through this fiber optic cable, rather than dialing up through old telephone lines.
The advantage of this was that the speed was hundreds of times faster than dial-up internet via telephone lines. After all, telephone lines were designed for voice calls and could only carry a very small amount of electrical signals, nowhere near as fast as fiber optic cables specifically designed for internet access.
It was precisely because of the comprehensive coverage of broadband and dial-up internet that the internet also developed very rapidly.
For instance, on January 1, 2004, Facebook announced the rollout of its short video submission feature to all users.
In fact, videos could already be played on Facebook as early as 2003. However, this feature was initially only available to a small number of privileged accounts. By the latter half of 2003, Facebook accounts that had undergone blue-V certification could also use it.
So-called blue-V certification was Facebook's further verification of the account holder's identity, and it would also give the account holder an identity tag.
For example, Huang He's current certified tags on Facebook were: Chairman of Jiangnan Group and Technology Investor.
And Zhang Rong, the most popular celebrity on Facebook, had the certified tags: An Actor and A Homosexual.
That's right, Zhang Rong very straightforwardly put "homosexual" in his tags. This showed that Zhang Rong's mindset had undergone a huge evolution at this point, and it was highly likely that the tragedy of his previous life would not happen again.
Such a blue-V account and certification tag was the goal pursued by countless Facebook users. However, Facebook's review and certification process for blue-V was extremely strict.
Besides requiring you to proactively submit an application, Facebook would also send special investigators to survey your daily life and work environment, and even investigate your colleagues. Only after confirming your identity with 100% certainty would they give you a blue-V tag.
This certification process was very slow, with reportedly less than 100 people getting certified each day.
It was precisely because of these stringent certification standards that Facebook accounts with blue-V certification could gain a large number of followers instantly, and the public would also believe the statements made by these blue-V accounts.
This was also why Facebook was so strict about blue-V accounts. Once these accounts had issues, they would escalate into major public incidents.
If such an incident occurred, Facebook's job would be to immediately report all information about the account and, depending on the situation, provide corresponding measures and punishments to ensure they shifted the blame away from themselves.
Ahem, back to the topic, Facebook opened up the short video feature to all blue-V accounts in the latter half of the year, allowing all blue-V accounts to start uploading videos.
However, due to network costs, there were still many restrictions on videos. First, the video capacity could not exceed 10
However, people soon felt that he had no deep hatred for Hunan Satellite TV. This was because after completing the "My Fair Princess 3" series, the next series of videos he released was titled "How handsome can a man be?", which was specifically a critique of Hunan Satellite TV's new drama "Chinese Paladin."
Wasn't he still targeting Hunan Satellite TV? Wasn't it obvious they had a feud? How could it be that they didn't have a feud anymore?
This was because all the viewers who watched this series of videos became loyal fans of "Chinese Paladin."
The series of videos began with: "Many people say I have a feud with Hunan Satellite TV. Actually, I didn't have a feud with them originally, but after criticizing My Fair Princess, we truly did. So, I decided to continue watching Hunan Satellite TV's new drama, Chinese Paladin, and continue to criticize it, to completely ruin this drama!"
"And based on my previous experience criticizing My Fair Princess 3, a TV series can first start by criticizing its character selection. Especially for dramas that already have original novels, as long as they don't match the original characters, I can criticize them with all my might!"
"To do this, I coincidentally replayed Chinese Paladin, which I had already cleared five times. I'm currently still grinding monsters in Shili Slope, but that doesn't affect my recollection of the original plot and character designs."
"Alright, first up is Li Dama. Hmm, this is actually played by Rong Mo Mo. Well, then I won't criticize it. I'm afraid of being pricked with needles. But speaking of which, Rong Mo Mo is a good actress!"
"Okay, Li Xiaoyao is here. In my heart, Li Xiaoyao is the most handsome. If he doesn't match my idea of handsome, I will criticize him until he bleeds from all seven orifices! It's a shame he's just a back view when he first appears. Show me his face!"
"Alright, he's finally turned around. Let me see what kind of demon you are..."
Then the entire critique video ended abruptly... Actually, it didn't end, it was just that Li Xiaoyao's first appearance was played for 10 seconds in the video. Within these 10 seconds, this third-generation passerby did not make any sound. The entire video was silent, with only Li Xiaoyao exuding his handsomeness.
"Damn it, how can a man be so handsome!" With this sentence, the third-generation passerby concluded the first episode of the critique video.