Right after BCC went up on Coinbase I saw some top comments speculating on r/cryptocurrency that Ripple would go up on Coinbase next. I don't know how widespread that meme was.

Personally (total noob here) I bought Ripple a few days ago because I heard it was a centralized currency "made by the banks". While that sounds awful to me, I also thought betting on the banks in this nascent market while Ripple seemed cheap would be a decent move.