What celebrity look alikes events is taking Facebook by storm?”
guardian.co.uk has the details: It’s Celebrity Doppelganger Week on Facebook Facebook users all over the world change their profile picture with their twin celebrity as a trend goes viral A trend has been going viral as people change their profile picture all over the world Just in case you wondered why your newsfeed on Facebook is suddenly full of celebrities: It’s Doppelganger Week on Facebook. The unofficial trend is obviously going viral, since users all over the world have started swapping their profile picture for portraits of famous people they think they look like. Since the beginning of the week the following Facebook status update showed up on in more and more friends newsfeeds. “It’s Doppelgänger week on Facebook; change your profile picture to someone famous (actor, musician, athlete, etc.) you have been told you look like. After you update your profile with your twin or switched at birth photo then cut/paste this to your status.” Meanwhile, more and more users all over the
Facebook Celebrity Doppelganger Week: What you need to know The online celebrity look-alike fad has people swapping their profile pictures for shots of actors, musicians, athletes – even First Lady Laura Bush. How’d it start, how can you join in, and is it, um, legal? The social networking site has of late played host to an online fad: “celebrity doppelganger week.” In a move that will surely mark the end of said fad, we here at Horizons now provide a rundown of the viral phenomenon, starting with what it is. At its most basic, celebrity doppelganger week (henceforth known as CDW) asks Facebook users “Ever been told you look like _____?” If the answer is yes, track down an acceptable photo of your celebrity double and post it as your profile pic. For more explanation, there’s even a Facebook group that’s sprung up to chronicle the event – very meta if we do say so.
