J. Danielle
@jasminedanielle
strategist. writer. tinkerer. hobby hobbyist.
J. Danielle
lettersfromthebside.substack.com
love = consideration
writing — steff yotka
steffyotka.com
TikTok plucks niche digital aesthetics out of obscurity and serves them up to an audience that might not have known or cared in the first place. While aesthetic components were once integral to the formation of traditional subcultures, they’ve lost all meaning in this algorithmically driven visual landscape. Instead, subcultural images and... See more
Terry Nguyen • Trends are dead
too many trends, not enought taste
Importantly we are seeing the divorcing of aesthetics once tied to subcultures made available to groups who are completely unaware of their origins. This in turn likely gives rise to the desire to gatekeep from the normies, to be more discerning.
People who like art like artists, not the galleries that hang the work.
The platform could benefit if it capitalized on the "shift from attention to intention," Roth tells me. "How do we actually monetize people's intentions on social media versus the attention of them being around?" That would mean a focus on "people's desires" and how to "help them reach them."
archive.ph
Romance is different when two people approach each other from the space of knowledge rather than absolute mystery. No matter how well we get to know someone else, there is always a realm of mystery. Old ideas about romantic love taught females and males to believe that erotic tension depended on the absence of communication and understanding. This
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