The beauty of information design has been it’s ability to condense a mountain of information/data into a nice bite-size chunk. In video, it can become history’s trailer, condensing decades upon decades of information into a YouTube break. However it’s viral popularity cannot rely on information alone. Theatrics and humor are as much a part of a video’s success as the correctness of the content. Viral videos amateur appearance is but a dress for a very smart girl who just became a little more approachable.
