Viral Muay Thai comment breaks Instagram record
published : 23 Oct 2023 at 12:50
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
An American boy's challenge on Instagram has given Muay Thai a viral boost, and set a record for "likes" on a comment, said former finance minister Korn Chatikavanij.
Mr Korn wrote on his Facebook account two days ago about Instagram user "reed_harrington23", who promised in a video clip that if he had 200,000 followers he would do whatever the top comment said.
According to Mr Korn, Instagram user "fiven9nekid" was among the respondents. He advised "reed_harrington23" to visit Thailand, learn Muay Thai, win a tournament, return to the United States, join the Ultimate Fighting Championship, go undefeated in his weight class, retire and give an interview saying his comment was the reason he began fighting.
The comment received 2.57 million likes and broke the likes record for a comment on Instagram.
"The boy has more than 300,000 followers. So, we should be prepared to welcome him," Mr Korn wrote.
"This viral stuff is public relations for the country and does not need budget funding," Mr Korn said.
Vocabulary
- boost: something that helps or encourages somebody/something - สิ่งกระตุ้น
- public relations: the business of giving the public information about a particular organisation or person in order to create a good impression - งานประชาสัมพันธ์
- respondent (noun): someone who answers questions - ผู้ตอบคำถาม/แบบสำรวจ
- retire: to stop playing a sport as a professional or serious player because you are too old, have an injury or no longer have the desire - อำลาวงการ
- tournament: a competition for teams or single players in which a series of games is played, and the winners of each game play against each other until only one winner is left - การแข่งขัน
- undefeated: unbeaten; not having lost or been defeated - ไม่เคยแพ้
- viral: (of a video, photo, story, etc.) spread across the internet very quickly (like a virus spreading a disease) as people share it with their friends or the news media reports on it - แพร่กระจายผ่านทางอินเทอร์เน็ตอย่างรวดเร็ว
