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All The Internet Stars Seen in Abbott Elementary

Abbott Elementary integrates internet culture into its plots, showcasing guest appearances from viral stars from platforms like TikTok and YouTube. [ more ]

Android Police

Lights, camera, controversy: How YouTube has evolved since its launch in 2005

YouTube started as a quirky website for sharing home videos and quickly transitioned into a global video-sharing platform.

In its early days, YouTube's success was driven by user-generated content, particularly amateur videos like cat videos and vlogs. [ more ]

time.com

The 10 Most Viral Moments of 2023

The Internet in 2023 has been filled with viral moments, ranging from low-stakes dramas to trends with societal implications.

Viral moments are distinguished by their lifespan and their ability to break out from their original platform and be shared across the Internet. [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

What KateGate' Says About Royalty, Celebrity and Internet Culture

The public's perception of the British royals has shifted towards viewing them as typical celebrities.

The internet culture and social media have contributed to the increased scrutiny and obsession with the royal family. [ more ]

Vogue Business

What a TikTok ban would mean for its closest social media competitors

TikTok embraces internet culture differently from Instagram, which may drive users towards TikTok.

Instagram may need to pivot its strategy to accommodate TikTok-like content to retain and engage users and brands. [ more ]

BuzzFeed

Aussie Gen Zs Are Finally Realising Their Cringey Social Media Habits And It's Time To Remind Everyone Of Their Digital Footprint

Growing up with high-speed internet access has pros and cons, including increased information access and privacy concerns.

Gen Z shared experiences online include anonymous question boxes, social media stalking, and late-night chats, leading to a lack of concern about digital footprints. [ more ]

The Atlantic

America Won't Miss TikTok

TikTok has become a social-media juggernaut influencing various aspects of culture.

There are concerns about TikTok's future in the US due to potential government action. [ more ]

MarTech

Why now is the time to pay attention to micro-communities | MarTech

Micro-communities are growing in popularity, offering a sense of belonging and connection that's hard to find in the wider social expanse.

Marketers can tap into insights from small-group conversations and engage authentically with micro-communities for benefits. [ more ]

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3 months ago

Josh Hutcherson's brother and his boyfriend had to explain viral 'Whistle' meme

Josh Hutcherson has seen the viral 'Whistle' memes thanks to his younger brother and his boyfriend.

The 'Whistle' meme originated in 2014 and has become pervasive on social media, even catching the attention of US president Joe Biden. [ more ]

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

Privacy professionals

Join us for EFF's 8th Annual Tech Trivia Night!

Enjoy Tech Trivia Night in San Francisco on May 9th with food, drinks, and prizes.

Support EFF's cause by sponsoring annual events like Tech Trivia Night. [ more ]

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Privacy professionals

Escape from Zoom: EFF's 6th Annual Tech Trivia Night Returns to Meatspace!

The Cybertiger has escaped his Zoom meetings, yes!

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The Cybertiger is out!

After over two years of virtual meetings, EFF's Cooper "Cybertiger" Quintin returned to the stage, live and in-person!

Mail Online

I'm from Gen Alpha - here's the inside info on 14 of our slang words

Generation Alpha has unique slang terms linked to internet culture like 'Gyatt' and 'Skibidi'.

They are technology-centered, using online gaming terminology in everyday language. [ more ]

Bustle

Your Favorite Weird Corner Of The Internet, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

The internet is made up of niche corners, each with its unique appeal

Zodiac signs can influence the types of corners of the internet that people are drawn to [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

3 months ago

Opinion | How to Discover Your Own Taste

The internet has become less fun as algorithms drive our digital experiences and make it harder to find strange and surprising content.

The book 'Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture' discusses how the internet encourages everything to look the same and dulls our ability to develop our own taste. [ more ]

Creative Bloq

Graphic design

Thanks McDonald's, I'll have your Nyan Cat tribute stuck in my head all day

Nyan Cat's iconic song 'Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya' is used in a McDonald's Japan ad for 'Shakashaka' fries.

Mcdonald's Japan cleverly incorporates anime-style elements into its advertising campaigns, appealing to a broad audience. [ more ]

Creative Bloq

2 years ago

Graphic design

How to use Cricut Smart Materials

Learning how to use Cricut Smart Materials will change the way you use your Cricut cutting and heat press machines.

Creative Bloq

2 years ago

Graphic design

How to make stickers with Cricut

Learning how to make stickers with Cricut can be fun and easy.Stickers are creative, versatile and can be any shape and size you like.

Vogue Business

'We're not afraid to do things that are left field': Loewe's CMO on its killer TikTok strategy

Luxury brands can effectively communicate with Gen Z through humor and relatable content on platforms like TikTok.

Brands like Loewe are shifting from exclusivity to embracing internet culture and memes to connect with a broader audience. [ more ]

The Atlantic

What the President Is Doing on TikTok

Joe Biden's campaign has launched a TikTok account to reach a wider audience and engage with younger voters.

Biden's presence on TikTok is an attempt to attract attention and connect with voters through light trolling and behind-the-scenes content. [ more ]

Nieman Lab

Media industry

"Nobody solves media except temporarily": Four indie media owners on money, sustainability, and "making cooler, weirder things"

The news industry is facing difficult times, with layoffs, shutdowns, sales, and strikes.

The podcast Never Post aims to tell stories about internet culture and is owned by the people who make it. [ more ]

Document Journal

The people's history of the internet, according to Taylor Lorenz

The story of the internet has primarily been told by middle-aged male tech founders, but Taylor Lorenz aims to highlight the contributions of users, particularly women, queer people, and people of color.

Lorenz interviewed 500 sources, including scene queens, mommy bloggers, and Vine stars, to write her book 'Extremely Online' and explore how the digital and physical worlds influence each other. [ more ]

Vulture

2023 Had an Era for Everything

Life online feels crowded even with people leaving social media platforms like Twitter.

Vulture recaps the most notable and niche drama on social media platforms and Reddit forums from 2023. [ more ]

gizmodo.com

I'm Already Cringing at the Websites Using Google's New .meme Domain Name

Google has released a new top-level domain .meme that allows website creators to add it to their URL.

The .meme domain is currently in the early access period with a high price that drops to the base annual fee on December 5th.

There are concerns about how corporations might abuse the .meme domain and commoditize memes and internet culture. [ more ]

www.npr.org

10 months ago

Books

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

1. Clone High is a cult classic show from the early 2000s that has been gaining a resurgence in popularity due to its witty humor and interesting plot.
2. The show follows a group of teenagers cloned from famous historical figures and their day-to-day lives as they cope with teenage angst

www.theguardian.com

11 months ago

Books

Arinze Ifeakandu wins Dylan Thomas prize for kaleidoscopic reflection of queer life in Nigeria'

The 28-year-old writer Arinze Ifeakandu has won the 20,000 Swansea University Dylan Thomas prize for a kaleidoscopic reflection of queer life and love in Nigeria.The prize, which recognises literary works by authors aged 39 or under, is one of the most prestigious awards for young writers.Ifeakandu's debut short story collection, God's Children Are Little Broken Things, features nine stories that examine queer love, family and loneliness against the backdrop of Nigerian society.

Nieman Lab

Media industry

Journalists keep getting manipulated by internet culture

In October 2021, I made this TikTok:
@drjess21When the response is out of proportion to the actual threat offered...this internet researcher says you may be in the middle of a moral panic.#MakeADogsDay #myfinALLYmoment #mediastudies #internetstudies #socialmedia #professor #professorsoftiktok #academia #research #researchtok #phd #tenuretrack
♬ that is a scarecrow - ☕️ Mochadrift

Around that time, the conversations about "challenges" on TikTok were abundant.

Ars Technica

Games

"Just a bunch of idiots having fun"-a photo history of the LAN party

"I guess I am thinking a lot about the early 2000s lately, like a lot of people, I think, in their 30s."That's one of the first things writer, game designer, and podcaster Merritt K said to me in early November.At this moment, everything about gaming, and being online generally, was fundamentally easier than it was at the turn of the century.

english.elpais.com

I am 30 years old and I miss the old internet. The beautiful people are in charge, just like everywhere else

youngvulgarian The Internet is changing so fast that there are already people in their 30s who longingly look back on another era.

Nytimes

2 years ago

Tech industry

Want to See the Weirdest of Wikipedia? Look No Further.

On @depthsofwikipedia, Annie Rauwerda is compiling some of the crowdsourced site's most bizarre pages.

Did you know that there's a Swiss political party dedicated to opposing the use of PowerPoint?

Defector

11 months ago

Artificial intelligence

AI Art Sucks Ass And You Should Say It's Bad | Defector

Art is linear, and so artificial intelligence cannot create art.This is a controversial opinion among the kinds of people who care about both art and AI, so let me explain.Art is a concept that describes two things.There is the obvious, material thing which is a piece of art.A canvas with paint on it.

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Film

Malibu's Most Wanted at 20: Black Culture as Food For All | Features | Roger Ebert

Black culture found itself in the vanguard of mainstream popular culture largely through the proliferation of hip-hop that took off in the late '80s and early '90s.The consequences in the early 2000s, as we see in the film, include a generation of white young adults raised on saturated exposure to Black culture.

www.theguardian.com

Books

Young adult books roundup reviews

The year kicks off with a clutch of excellent debuts for young adult readers.In Ravena Guron's This Book Kills (Usborne), British-Indian scholarship student Jess Choudary finds herself under suspicion of murder at her elite boarding school.Wealthy classmate Hugh Henry Van Boren is found dead in the woods, the crime scene set up to look like a scene from one of her short stories.

Eater Chicago

Chicago

Chicago Democrats Snack on Garrett Popcorn During Deadlocked U.S. House Speaker Elections

Popcorn is the stuff the great internet memes are made of, and as the third day of a historic stalled speaker election continued, Chicago Democrats ensured the city's premier kernels made it to the U.S. House floor.According to the Tribune, on Tuesday, January 3, House Democrats were munching on Garrett Popcorn procured by Reps.

www.npr.org

Arts

Cecily Strong says farewell to Saturday Night Live

Cecily Strong attends the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards at L.A. on September 19, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.Rich Fury/Getty Images Cecily Strong, who made viewers hysterical with her spot-on impressions of celebrities, politicians and "The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation With at a Party," is leaving Saturday Night Live.

Social Media Explorer

Online marketing

Jordan Peterson Returns To Twitter, Immediately Demands The Site Censor Anonymous Trolls - Social Media Explorer

Jordan Peterson addressed students at The Cambridge Union in Cambridge on November 02th, 2018.... [+]
Getty Images Canadian self-help author Jordan Peterson returned to Twitter on Friday under Elon Musk's reign (along with comedian Kathy Griffin and conservative satire site The Babylon Bee).Griffin had been permanently suspended from Twitter after changing her account name and profile picture to imitate Musk's profile.

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