Infinitesolutions

infinitesolutions (Infinite Solutions) was a YouTube channel that made parodic how-to video tutorials, each less than 4 minutes in length and in 4:3. It was hosted by Mark P. Erickson, played by Zachary Johnson.
==Background==
Zachary Johnson is a co-founder and board chairman of Fatal Farm.http://www.fatalfarm.com/
==Traction==
Most of the channel's videos were uploaded on January 26, 2007, quickly gaining hundreds of thousands of views, including a video on "GoogleTV Beta", which went viral. Once the channel's popularity fizzled, it would stagnate and occasionally lose subscribers, but slowly gain views over time. On June 1, 2021, Michael MJD would upload a video covering "GoogleTV Beta", providing the channel a relatively significant boost in popularity.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtIl8LNYeYM
==History==
The channel was created on December 30, 2006. On January 26, 2007, its first video, entitled "How to Clean Up Your iTunes Library", was uploaded. The video details the process of cleaning an iTunes library using Front End Convert Drop, a file conversion tool. Evidenced by Front End Convert Drop's reviews on Cnet, some users followed the parodical tutorial. 13 further videos would be uploaded, each with varying levels of absurdism and parody.
=== Google TV Beta===
On January 26, 2007, a video entitled "How to Sign up for GoogleTV Beta" was uploaded. The video discusses an obscure Google beta program for "GoogleTV", an alleged upcoming on-demand streaming platform. It was discovered that the website didn't exist and either came to the conclusion, it was a hoax.
On January 27, a video response was made by a user named GC91660, claiming GoogleTV Beta's legitimacy and that it took him repeated tries to get the beta test email. Fatal Farm actually made this video to avoid confirming GoogleTV Beta as a hoax. The man in the video is Jeffrey Max, a co-founder and CEO of Fatal Farm, who would later go on to play John Arbuckle in Lasagna Cat.https://youtu.be/NtIl8LNYeYM?t=1656
On January 28, the channel would post an update on GoogleTV Beta insisting its legitimacy. He demonstrated this by going to GoogleTV Beta's site on-camera, but as pointed out by Michael MJD in his video on GoogleTV Beta, there are numerous errors, delays and inconsistencies that point out the monitor is displaying a screen recording. 
After the video went viral, Google released a statement to Blogoscoped:
"Mark Erickson’s “Infinite Solutions” segment highlights Gmail’s seemingly “infinite” powers – from gobs of storage and lightning fast search to some of the best anti-spam action in the business (and how about that sweet Easter Egg cowbell in Gmail Chat?). Alas, Mark’s “Google TV beta” is simply a figment of his fertile imagination. But great entertainment for all of us here at the Googleplex."
==Channel Milestones==
=== Subscriber Milestones===
*10,000 subscribers: November 2007
*20,000 subscribers: February 2009
*30,000 subscribers: May 2010
*35,000 subscribers: September 19, 2011/December 23, 2012
*40,000 subscribers: July 2013
*50,000 subscribers: September 22, 2014
*60,000 subscribers: October 2015
*70,000 subscribers: June 2017
*75,000 subscribers: June 3, 2021
=== Video View Milestones===
*500,000 views: Late 2008
* 10 million views: February 2010
* 15 million views: July 24, 2011
==Trivia==
*ThioJoe has mentioned this was the inspiration for his channel.
* On January 12 2012, the channel appeared to lose all of its subscribers. http://web.archive.org/web/20130411102102/http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/infinitesolutions/monthly
* One of its subscribers is Jawed. http://web.archive.org/web/20100309012847/http://www.youtube.com/user/infinitesolutions
==Gallery==
Infinitesolutions old pfp.jpg|infinitesolutions' old profile picture.
Infinitesolutions channel banner.jpg|infinitesolutions' channel banner.
==References==
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:Comedy YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2006