#Fotogenic cat manny series

According to the Twitter analytics site Topsy, #FelonCrushFriday was tweeted over 121,000 times in the first week.

#Fotogenic cat manny series

Twitter users subsequently began posting tweets with photographs of attractive prisoners accompanied by the hashtag, including the official Twitter feed for the comedy drama web series Orange is the New Black (shown below, right). On June 19th, Twitter user posted Meeks' mugshot with the hashtag #FelonCrushFriday (shown below). 'Well I appreciate that but I just want them to know that this is really not me, I'm not some kingpin.' Notable Examples On June 20th, ABC News broadcast an interview with Meeks in prison, in which he reacted to his mugshot's Internet fame by saying he is no longer a criminal and does not want to be considered a 'kingpin.' The same day, CBS Sacramento reported that Meeks' friends and family were not pleased with the attention the mugshot was getting online and found jokes about the photograph offensive (shown below). In the first five days, over $4,300 in donations were received. On June 19th, a fundraising page for her Meeks' legal defense was launched on the crowdfunding website GoFundMe with a goal of $25,000. Hours later, BuzzFeed highlighted several notable tweet examples. Meanwhile, Twitter users began posting photoshops of Meeks as a model in various fashion advertisements. The same day, Redditor Robby_Digital submitted an image macro using the mugshot titled 'Ridiculously Photogenic Thug' to /r/AdviceAnimals, where it received upwards of 2,300 points and 400 comments in the next 16 hours (shown below, right). Also on June 19th, 2014, Redditor fxwif posted the mugshot with captions quoting notable Facebook comments regarding Meeks' beauty to the /r/funny subreddit, where it gathered more than 2,500 points and 1,600 comments in the first 24 hours (shown below, left).

In less than 20 hours, the repost garnered upwards of 301,000 likes and 65,000 comments. On the following day, the Fox40 News Facebook page reposted the photograph, pointing out the overwhelming reaction the photo was receiving. In the first 48 hours, the post gained over 56,000 likes and 16,400 comments, with many noting how attractive Meeks’ appeared in the mugshot.

I guess all cat owners think they have the most precious kitten, but people seemed to agree that Smoothie is really special.”Īs it says on her Instagram, “Sometimes you just need a Smoothie in your life”.On June 18th, 2014, the Stockton Police Department Facebook page posted a photograph of Jeremy Meeks, a 30-year-old convicted felon who was arrested on felony weapons charges during a gun raid. “But I just had so many nice pictures, that I wanted to share with the world … and in a few months Smoothie gained a lot of followers all around the world. “I started this Instagram account because I was posting too many pictures on Facebook, and my friends were complaining (“Another cat pic, really?”),” says her human. Like many other cats in the world today, she has been given her own Instagram account and when you see her pictures you will know why, because Smoothie is one seriously pretty kitty. Smoothie is a British Longhair cat that lives in the Netherlands with her human, Arvid van Boekel.