web as performance
how social media rewires our brains for performance/audience/vanity, not connection
andrea and
web as performance
“Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.”
― Warsan Shire
What is the difference between documenting for others and documenting for yourself? On social media we're essentially documenting moments of love, when we think we look good, and creating... See more
Audience Capture
sari and • 10 cards
What we're seeing is an end of the race to the bottom.
What's happened is that most of the major social networks only hire and promote people who make decisions primarily based on analytics. As a result these sites no longer have any real communities or organic content, and have been completely hollowed out by math-friendly refrigerator magnet junkf... See more
What's happened is that most of the major social networks only hire and promote people who make decisions primarily based on analytics. As a result these sites no longer have any real communities or organic content, and have been completely hollowed out by math-friendly refrigerator magnet junkf... See more
Snap’s Drop in Active Users Could Signal a Social Media Peak | Hacker News
Why TikTok star Ana Wolfermann is ready to leave influencing for a 9-to-5 job | Fortune
Jane Thierfortune.com
"Life in the Instagram bubble requires a constant calibration of how it will be viewed from outside. That need to make life itself aesthetic, to ask, over and over “What will this look like in a square?” exerts a slow, constant pressure of its own." (Jacob Mikanowski)
