BuzzFeed hit a new milestone today! In the past month, over 4 million people have visited the site according to our Google stats. That is over 650% bigger than we were this time last year and we are still growing! Thanks everyone for reading and linking and telling your friends about BuzzFeed - that is why we have grown so much and we really appreciate it.

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Jessica Amason joins BuzzFeed as our in-house Viral Media Scientist! Her full-time job: Investigating and understanding why some ideas “go viral” and some go nowhere. Her quest is made possible by BuzzFeed's viral media platform, which lets her see in real-time what is getting shared, linked to, and discussed across the web. Jessica will post regularly on the site and will share her discoveries with the BuzzFeed audience. She will also help a growing number of people use the BuzzFeed platform to launch creative ideas and track them as they spread. Jessica is uniquely qualified for this new job as a professional web culture junkie for Urlesque.com and the co-creator of the viral hit, This Is Why You're Fat. Welcome!!!

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Seriously! We are #3 in the list of websites that Howard Dean knows about! If my relatives weren't all Republicans, I think they would finally respect my work now.

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The Best Links:

1. The Original.

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These primates have a lot of feelings. I'd say #11 accurately expresses my mood this morning. What about you?

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POLITICS BUZZ: That makes six (and one state away from a clean sweep in New England). Obligatory “Live Free or Die” reference here. Well done, Granite State!

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The Best Links:

1. Same-sex marriage becomes law in NH
2. Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage
3. Maine Legalizes Gay Marriage
4. Iowa Legalizes Gay Marriage

CULTURE BUZZ: BuzzFeed's board of directors heard your voices and came to a decision on BF's sarcasm policy. Sarcasm will be allowed ONLY if we can balance the negativity by creating the HAPPIEST PAGE ON THE INTERNET . We need a safe place on BuzzFeed for people who hate sarcasm and love being inspired. You can help build the HPOTI here . Thanks to everyone for your constructive criticism and ideas.

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The Best Links:

1. Happiest Page On The Internet
2. The Sarcasm Debate

POLITICS BUZZ: The state’s Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to overturn the ban. In the opinion written by Chief Justice Ron George, the court says that ultimately, “domestic partnerships are not a good enough substitute for marriage.”

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The Best Links:

1. Judges Make a Good Call!!
2. This Is, Um, Pretty Awesome
3. Does This Get Around Schwarzenegger’s Constant Vetoes?