Tag: internet culture
if you call yourself a golden retriever, people may say sit
dating apps reward us for turning ourselves into instantly legible archetypes. unfortunately, metaphors are package deals.
youtube is quietly becoming the weirdest streaming service
youtube is no longer just a website with videos. according to my watch history, it’s a streaming service assembled from television, obsolete consoles, drag queens, wrestling autopsies, and whatever question I developed four minutes ago.
industry plant or chaotic good: the geese marketing conundrum
the discourse around geese being an "industry plant" vs just engaging in chaotic good marketing is proof that our collective brains have been fried by algorithm paranoia...
The Cyber Harvest 0.01: Kristen Stewart Thinks Hollywood Is Stuck in ‘Capitalist Hell’
A analysis of The New York Times podcast, The Interview, with actress and director Kristen Stewart. Hosted by David Marchese. This item is featured in the The Cyber Harvest 0.01 series I started in my take of personal curriculum and media gardens. Check out my site for more on this.
The Internet Needs More Cross-Pollinators
So, my silly little fanfic project blew up like crazy and received some really negative feedback. And I think I understand why. Exploring the concept of boundary spanning and cross-pollination in online communities. Drawing on organizational theory and the work of Michael Tushman. We need people who move between different online subcultures to seed ideas and build bridges.
Enjoy Art
The most important thing about art is enjoying yourself doing it, no matter if its "good" or not.
Nossa Maravilhosa Macroesfera
O projeto da Roda dos Seis Reinos em silício e cobre.
How Powerful Narratives Shape Our Reality Using Polarizing Triggers. Should You Fight Back?
Content was once king. Now distribution and audience rule. People with the biggest audience are now incentivized to distribute their narrative to anyone willing to buy it.
Shaking The Wasp’s Nest
Looking back at Gamergate, a flash point in internet history, and what it has to tell us about our current moment.
Let The Internet Be Grimy
Meta’s take on mimicking Twitter feels like it was built for brand safety first, and you don’t get fulfilling internet experiences when you build for brand safety first.
The Next Chapter
Online culture sure feels like it’s in a transition phase, doesn’t it? In an attempt to understand what we learned this week, let’s compare it to some prior internet-era shifts.
[Outdated] Thoughts on the Art Commission Economy in Furry Spaces
Originally written in 2021 as an observation in commission trends in furry and anime communities.
No More Eternal Septembers
For decades, technical users looking down on the less knowledgeable have set the stage for a lot of bad online discourse. Can those users break the chain?
Thanks, Craig
Hitting its 25th anniversary this month, Craigslist remains a reminder that a more democratic version of the internet can still thrive.