[graphitezepp]

It's just a random example of something silly going viral. Stuff like this definately could work today (potato salad kickstarter was a thing) but any individuals attempt probably wouldn't work, it mostly comes down to luck.

[tyingq]

Not a million bucks, but $71k for something very recent...that was even more upfront about how useless it was. https://uetoken.com

[kurthr]

I agree, and it seems another more ironic meaning of, "even monkeys fall from trees"... see the center of the page.

I always wondered why he didn't allow changing the pixels/URLs and reselling them. Should have been easy to set up and an ongoing revenue stream.