Erstellt am: 14. 4. 2012 - 13:12 Uhr

Today's Webtip: Caine's College Fund

His video went viral and so did his account.

Well, it looks like Caine will be going to school. Shortly after posting the video as a webtip, it went viral. In most situations this would just make Caine internet famous, but this time someone had been thinking ahead and set up an account to collect donations so Caine could go to college.

And it worked. When I checked the amount just before hitting submit, it was at around $1300. Now it's well over 100 times that amount. That means he might just have enough to be able to pay for a decent college education in the U.S. without going into debt.

It also means that a lot of other media outlets were hot for the story, and a few even did their own video interviews. I think the one made by What's Trending provides a particularly interesting contrast to the original: