Should i tell him 9gag

Social media posts are curated by 9GAG's seven editors. Chan says that there was "no specific moment" when the site suddenly got big. But by , it was clearly no longer a side project. Chan and the four other founders quit their jobs to work on it full time -- and to figure out how it could make money.

It also began running ads on the site, which have become its biggest source of revenue. In , 9GAG hired its first employee. Today, the company has about 30 employees in Hong Kong and New York.

The platform's biggest group of users is to year-olds, according to Chan, and most of its traffic comes from the United States. Its competitors are "anything that can help people have fun and kill time," he said. If content can surprise them in a good way, they are more willing to finish watching it and share the good surprise with friends. If content can help them do so, they are more likely to share it. The news mainly reports on bad things in the world.

It makes you feel good and makes you believe that there are still good people in the world, no matter how much your life sucks. We all need faith to move forward. When we see viral content that we don't understand, we always dig deeper to find out why it was so popular, so we can learn something new and build on it. Apparently, millennials are getting sick and tired of the carefully manicured social media profiles and are looking to shake things up.

Make them more authentic, so to speak. Mario Zderic. Marin backend and Ivan iOS coordinating on a project. Categories Tech. Written by.