The Fyre Fest of BookTok
It was as if you could buy only the books that appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, but the list was operated by an untrustworthy company, one solely devoted to treating books as fungible objects to be offloaded as quickly as possible.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
Wrecked at The Bunker in Brooklyn,
Matthew Collin • Rave On: Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music
Through the emergence of blogging, personal lives were becoming public domain, and social incentives—to be liked, to be seen—were becoming economic ones.
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
FOOD, WINE, AND MUSIC FESTIVALS: Where there’s a festival, there’s usually good eats,
Lisa Johnson Mandell • Become Your Own Matchmaker: 8 Easy Steps for Attracting Your Perfect Mate
Most remarkable of all, however, was that each book was priced according to Amazon’s website algorithm, which adjusts prices in real time based on supply and demand.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
People come here just for the Instagram,”