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lonelygirl15? I remember a friend telling me about that series because she wanted to share a funny video reply (Remember those?) by somebody who managed to find the same animal plushies that the girl carries around; it was a parody episode where the plushies talk about the current situation in the story and suggest that maybe the girl should drop all the teen drama stuff so they can all focus on running for their lives instead.
That's the one, lonelygirl15. What a wild story. My internet destroyed brain immediately jumped to "Wow that was before the Youtube partner program, and it was presented as an authentic teen's vlog at least at first...I wonder what the monetization strategy was?" And it turns out there kinda wasn't one. They went into $50,000 worth of credit card debt to fund the series, according to Wikipedia. Like remember that episode of South Park (remember that show?) where they had the waiting room full of viral video people waiting to get their non-existent internet fame money?