The Bus Uncle
You might remember it as Bus Uncle Hong Kong
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2006·Early YouTube
A Hong Kong phone recording that became a national conversation and an early study in bystander video.
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What this wasThe story
It first appeared in 2006, during early YouTube. A surviving copy is on YouTube.
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
This is the copy ViralWorld can show you. Whether it is the first is not established.
- SourceOrigin not yet established
- MediaPlayable from the source
Where it came fromWhat we know
Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.
No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
- Where
- Known on YouTube.
Other copies the index knows about. None is claimed to be the original.
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