Culture

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Kenshin

Dec 14

The age of average

https://www.alexmurrell.co.uk/articles/the-age-of-average

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5

Jeremy Beckler

Dec 5

"X" Has Become a Hate Machine

https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/x-has-become-a-hate-machine

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imdreaming

Nov 20

In an age of endless entertainment, why is boredom on the rise?

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/boredom-is-on-the-rise-3rnvgjbx8

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Harper Liu

Nov 8

Australia plans social media ban for under-16s

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzd62g1r3o

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Cherri

Nov 11

Swifties have shown us the future of Bluesky

https://www.nightwater.email/bluesky-swifties

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Criss F

Nov 9

No one benefits from you scrolling and feeling sad

https://open.substack.com/pub/sublimeinternet/p/no-one-benefits-from-you-scrolling

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Amy Sawyama

Oct 18

The internet is obsessed with watching pretty girls eat

https://ardenyum.substack.com/p/the-internet-is-obsessed-with-watching

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Lefty

Oct 27

There’s something off about this year’s “fall vibes”

https://www.vox.com/culture/378855/ai-slop-fall-autumn-inspiration-vibes-pinterest

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Kenshin

Oct 17

Everything is Fortnite now

https://sherwood.news/culture/fortnite-epic-games-sensation-what-is-next/

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Kenshin

Oct 20

Gen Z media and spending habits

https://www.adweek.com/sponsored/dig-deeper-into-the-mobile-lives-of-gen-z/

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Kenshin

Oct 6

Drowning in Slop

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ai-generated-content-internet-online-slop-spam.html

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Kenshin

Sep 22

Admitting What Is Obvious

https://every.to/chain-of-thought/admitting-what-is-obvious-206624f9-4dcf-4342-9689-742e63fe8992

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Lefty

Sep 20

The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age

https://thewalrus.ca/collapse-of-self-worth-in-the-digital-age

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Cherri

Sep 25

Chappell Roan’s war on fandom

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2024/09/chappell-roans-war-on-fandom

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4

Messo

Sep 16

Dead Internet Theory

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/technology/internet/67864/dead-internet-theory-ai

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Nir

Aug 25

Ask CBX: Is it possible to create "authentic" work if it’s purely for external approval or commercial success?

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LeslieWylde

Aug 17

People Aren’t Posting: What happens when people revolt against social media just becoming media?

https://posting-nexus.ghost.io/people-arent-posting

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Brandy Sousa

Aug 14

Gen Z’s loneliness crisis may be changing entertainment tastes

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/newsletter/2024-08-13/gen-z-loneliness-crisis-changing-entertainment-tastes-can-hollywood-adapt-the-wide-shot

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DrDeception

Aug 3

I'm Tired of the "Next Big Thing"

https://www.trend-mill.com/p/im-tired-of-the-next-big-thing

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Cherri

Jul 21

the 'what about me?' effect

https://open.substack.com/pub/shityoushouldcareabout/p/the-what-about-me-effect

2

4

blujayz

Jul 5

How social media is making young people accidental election influencers

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1rl6p5p32o

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Amy Sawyama

Jul 4

TikTok is an unrivaled trendsetter. Will its influence last?

https://apnews.com/projects/tik-tok-influencers-trends-food-fashion

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blujayz

Jul 1

Influencers Aren’t Getting Famous Like They Used To

https://www.glamour.com/story/influencers-arent-getting-famous-like-they-used-to

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Criss F

Jul 3

YouTube Culture & Trends Report

https://www.youtube.com/trends/report/fandom-2024

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blujayz

Jun 22

Why ‘chronically online’ memes will destroy the internet

https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/62797/1/nonsense-accelerationsim-chronically-online-memes-destroy-internet-social-media

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Cherri

Jun 6

The New Generation of Online Culture Curators

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-new-generation-of-online-culture-curators

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Messo

May 6

Let's talk about Drake

https://www.garbageday.email/p/lets-talk-drake

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Criss F

Apr 28

Typewriter Community Braces for Influx of Taylor Swift Fandom Inspired by Tortured Poets Department

https://www.404media.co/taylor-swift-typewriter-tortured-poets-department/

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Brandy Sousa

May 5

All Internet Roads Lead Back to 2014

https://www.theringer.com/tech/2024/5/1/24144418/modern-internet-2014-anniversary

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LeslieWylde

May 11

Why I Finally Deleted 33,000 of My Old Tweets

https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/twitter-delete-elon-musk-why-now.html

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Lefty

Apr 20

How the internet became shit

https://herman.bearblog.dev/how-the-internet-became-shit/

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SamuraiStephanie

Mar 27

'This is garbage': Step aside, influencers — we're now in the era of de-influencing

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/25/1239897929/influencers-deinfluencing-tiktok-instagram-shopping-environment

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SlipperyShrimp

Mar 4

How to use media for cultural influence

https://andjelicaaa.substack.com/p/the-new-media-plan

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Messo

Feb 28

Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI

https://www.theintrinsicperspective.com/p/here-lies-the-internet-murdered-by

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Kenshin

Feb 20

The State of the Culture, 2024

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/the-state-of-the-culture-2024

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Brandy Sousa

Feb 15

Attention Ecology

https://soaringtwenties.substack.com/p/attention-ecology

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marshal

Feb 3

Everybody Has to Self-Promote Now. Nobody Wants To

https://www.vox.com/culture/2024/2/1/24056883/tiktok-self-promotion-artist-career-how-to-build-following

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Maven

Feb 14

How To Approach Online Culture

https://zine.kleinkleinklein.com/p/how-to-approach-online-culture

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Cherri

Feb 5

In defense of the internet culture beat

https://www.rat.house/p/in-defense-of-the-internet-culture

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SlipperyShrimp

Feb 3

Big-Name YouTubers And Twitch Streamers Aren’t Actually Retiring

https://aftermath.site/pokimane-matpat-retiring-youtube-twitch

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imdreaming

Feb 2

For Gen Z, anime is bigger entertainment than the NFL

https://www.polygon.com/anime/24043221/anime-audience-viewership-numbers-bigger-than-nfl

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SamuraiStephanie

Jan 3

Attention Halving

https://mirror.xyz/0x51665825742d7BDdDe2c24e4E48dF23662c24Ed5/26ODWk5r4NRGAmPuPoaFoRaEoGhXN7PnRTpiocTEXgk

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Nir

Dec 30 '23

Everything is Hard.

https://www.justinwelsh.me/newsletter/everything-is-hard

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Brandy Sousa

Dec 29 '23

How Kai Cenat broke into stardom in 2023

https://www.polygon.com/24010293/kai-cenat-twitch-stream-youtube-fame-nicki-minaj-explained

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Cherri

Dec 27 '23

Kids 2-11 years old prefer YouTube to Netflix

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/your-kid-prefers-youtube-to-netflix-thats-a-problem-for-streamers-86b132f8

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Maven

Dec 20 '23

Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/12/internet-information-trends-virality-tracking/676888/

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Cherri

Dec 18 '23

The Society of Spectacle

https://andjelicaaa.substack.com/p/the-society-of-spectacle

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Cherri

Dec 9 '23

Women Creatives Thought Hollywood Could Change. Were They Wrong?

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a45914468/hollywood-women-gender-disparity-future-interview-2023/

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Harper Liu

Dec 9 '23

A Year on YouTube: The Trending Topics that Defined 2023

https://blog.youtube/culture-and-trends/2023-on-youtube

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Messo

Dec 7 '23

TikTok’s top trending videos reveal a fractured culture

https://futureparty.com/tiktok-top-trending-list/

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SamuraiStephanie

Nov 16 '23

The lie of “deinfluencing”

https://www.vox.com/culture/23950580/deinfluencing-tiktok-shop-influencer-culture-consumerism

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Amy Sawyama

Nov 10 '23

You didn't read that, you saw it on TikTok

https://culturevulture.substack.com/p/you-didnt-read-that-you-saw-it-on

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