Tag Archives: internet phenomena

The Panopticon Comes for Your Playlist

Artists can see what playlists you add their songs to on Spotify. That hasn’t really [...]

Does Digital Content Have to Be Made Scarce?

NFTs The ever-unpopular NFT is a fantastic example of artificial scarcity, and how creating it [...]

Digital Influencers are like Vocaloids but Worse

Polar, the New “Digital Influencer” What is a digital influencer? Essentially, a digital influencer is [...]

It is Sort Of Weird to be Watching Interrogation Footage Recreationally

But Why? It is very human to see something horrific and ask ‘why?’. Even moreso [...]

Jake Novak Wants to Be Cancelled… Just Not Like This

Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live is a pillar of American TV culture. It has [...]

Nursery Rhyme Music Is Just Repackaged Indie Accent Music

What was the deal with the ‘Indie Slur’ In self-produced music? And what does it [...]

Mysteries in Online Tales: How Do You Keep it Scary?

Want to write a creepypasta? You’ll have to learn how to balance what your viewers [...]

Morbius Re-Release: What Did You Think Would Happen

Memes are beginning to shape the perception of movies in a way movie studios can’t [...]

“Apple’s Walled Garden” And the PG-13-ification of The Internet

Tumblr Tumblr is the most famous app to struggle with Apple’s obtuse clearance system. Since [...]

Seth Green Lost His Bored Apes NFT

And it’s kind of funny. What is an NFT? And Why Do So Many People [...]