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“Take This Lollipop” is an innovative 2011 interactive horror short film created by Jason Zada. It utilizes Facebook data to generate a uniquely unsettling experience for each viewer, placing them within a personalized narrative of stalking and suspense. The project’s success demonstrated the potential of social media as a medium for immersive storytelling and garnered significant attention within the digital art community. It is primarily designed for individuals interested in horror narratives and experimental interactive media experiences.
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Take This Lollipop ranks #7 of 138 in the Interactive Movie ranking, behind Prison Valley, ahead of The Walking Dead Season 2 (Telltale).
Highly influential viral horror experiment praised for personalization and impact; dependent on Facebook-era context and brief runtime.
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How did Take This Lollipop use my Facebook data?
The 2011 interactive horror short film connected to your Facebook profile to pull your photos, friends, and location data. It used this information to create a personalized narrative where a creepy stalker essentially builds a shrine to you. This made each viewer's experience uniquely unsettling and terrifying.
Is Take This Lollipop still available to play?
The original 2011 version is no longer functional because it relied heavily on Facebook's old API capabilities and data privacy loopholes. Following Facebook's major privacy policy updates in the years after its release, the app could no longer scrape the necessary profile data to function.
Who directed Take This Lollipop?
The interactive horror experience was created and directed by Jason Zada in 2011. The project was a massive viral success and eventually won a Daytime Emmy Award for its innovative blending of social media and narrative storytelling. Zada later followed it up with a 2020 sequel focused on Zoom calls.
Was there a sequel to the original Take This Lollipop?
Yes, Jason Zada released a sequel called Take This Lollipop 2 in 2020. Instead of a stalker narrative, the sequel used your Facebook profile to cast you as a victim hunted by a supernatural cult during a Zoom-style video call. It capitalized on the pandemic-era reliance on video conferencing.
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