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"Not content with the glorious victory that was Betty White hosting Saturday Night Live, the denizens of Facebook have now turned their eyes to still more lofty goals: the Emmys and the Oscars.As of right now, \"Getting Betty White to Host the Academy Awards\" is the most popular page, with 53,023 members at the time of posting. Then there's \"Betty White to Host the Oscars,\" with 12,600 members. Both pages appear to be fan labors of love, much like \"Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!\", and they're already garnering copious amounts of media attention. \n\n\n\n\nAnd then there's \"Betty White Must Host 2010 Emmys!\", which was launched by blogger Abe Gurko and has a little more than 2,000 fans. Gurko told us his reasoning for nominating the Golden Girls star: \"I think that the Emmy awards shows over the years have been horrible. Bad writing, coupled with bad timing by the hosts. As these award shows have decreased in ratings, who better to put on hosting \u2014 or even co-hosting duties with Jimmy Fallon \u2014 than Betty. To give the show a much needed boost. Betty IS television.\"\nJust a few days ago, the Los Angeles Times covered this trend, pronouncing in the headline: Hipster Culture is Having a Senior Moment. While I would assert that the affinity for elderly stars etc goes far beyond the \"hipster\" set, I would agree that older folk \u2014 and especially White \u2014 are, indeed, becoming what amounts to an Internet meme. \nFans are enjoying the power they have come to wield, even when striving for goals that initially seem rather lofty (like having an older, less culturally relevant star host a major awards show). See also: Can This Onion Ring Get More Fans Than Justin Bieber?\nSure, White does have legit fans who want to see her succeed (Gurko and Co. seem extremely sincere), and, yes, she kicked serious ass on SNL last weekend, but, in the end, getting behind Betty seems like it's becoming a bit of a trend.\nIt remains to be seen how effective campaigns like this will be as more and more continue to launch.\n\n\nFor more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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