On November 22, 2025, user @Blosept1 started a trend by asking what seemed like an innocuous question:
Since then, It has been 3 days, and already may become one of the most viral posts of the year, accumulating over 700 Million views. But here’s what most affiliates miss: this wasn’t luck. This was psychological warfare.
The question creates what behavioral scientists call a “Zeigarnik Effect”, the brain’s compulsion to complete incomplete tasks. Once someone reads this, their brain immediately starts thinking about THEIR header story and what made them upload this this random photo. They can’t NOT engage.
This post weaponized humanity’s deepest craving: to be seen and understood.
Under it, thousands of replies. People quote-tweeting with screenshots of their headers and stories that feel like mini movies.
No dancing. No edits. Just context. One question, unlimited backstories.
The Data:
- 10K comments = 10,000+ mini-stories shared
- Each person who answered spent 2-5 minutes crafting their response
- Total engagement time: 20,000-50,000 minutes of user attention
Why people couldn’t resist:
- Most people have untold stories about seemingly mundane choices
- As a writer, if 1M people come across this tweet every minute, I can create new connections
- Early commenters knew they would get visibility, likes, or even followers due of the extra push from the algorithm
This format became a trend for three reasons:
- Everyone has a header; almost nobody explains it. The question makes you realise, “Oh wait, I do have lore.”
- People don’t have to invent an idea from scratch. The format gives them the exact angle: “Here’s why this image is important to me.”
- No fancy graphics. Just a screenshot + a story. But the replies are often emotional, funny, or unhinged enough to keep people scrolling.
Sadly, the tweet is unavailable as the OP tweeted a meme coin, which was later rug-pulled and got the account deleted.
As a storyteller or affiliate, you can apply similar “storytelling prompts” for your community building. Keep your copy simple so that the brain processes the content copy in 2 seconds example:
- Fitness: “What’s the weirdest place you’ve ever worked out and why?”
- Finance: “What’s the dumbest financial advice that accidentally made you money?”
- Tech: “What outdated technology do you refuse to give up and why?
Final Thoughts: Applying this format in your content will matter in 2026 because
- It builds genuine community
- It turns attention into authority
- It creates a replicable framework to consistently go viral
You see, your success as an affiliate won’t come from the perfect product, the flashiest sales page, or the most aggressive funnel.
It will come from understanding human psychology, creating genuine value, Building trust consistently, and asking better questions.
Until the next one.
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