J. Danielle
@jasminedanielle
strategist. writer. tinkerer. hobby hobbyist.
J. Danielle
lettersfromthebside.substack.com
Social media is no longer meant for connecting with friends; it is designed almost entirely to facilitate the following of brands and the monetizing of personalities.
Kyle Chayka - The Desperation of the Instagram Photo Dump
But these answers lose the messy, endearing excess of any good Reddit thread. They appear like takeaways instead of teasers, final answers instead of entry points for further discovery; you are unlikely to fall down a rabbit hole of posts from here.
apple.news
how to survive being chronically online
Ways AI shuts the door on entry points to discovery and closes pathways to rabbit holes
What we’re dealing with is a full-blown cultural moment. The 20-year nostalgia cycle, climate-change nihilism, information saturation, streaming-era content overload, and our collective Long COVID of the soul have converged in a tidal wave of tackiness. What TikTok teens, white collar workers marooned in home offices, and the gatekept super-rich... See more
judy berman • Welcome to the Era of Unapologetic Bad Taste
Almost a half-century later, the journalist Kyle Chayka wrote in his book “Filterworld” that “microtrends” now rise and fall in a matter of weeks. In its quest to retain our attention, social media seemed to have heightened both the quantity and intensity of what we once called a fad: “Under algorithmic feeds, the popular becomes more popular, and... See more
New York Times • rw-embedded-content[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/style/gen-z-trend-cycle.html]
too many trends, not enought taste
Should use Kyle’s work as a resource/quotes
too many trends, not enought taste
At the beginning of 2025, Joan Kennedy wrote a piece prosposing a slow down to viral microtrends.
TikTok has allowed trends to mature faster and be visible farther than previous social media/entertainment apps allowed.
The switch back to physical interfaces is also, in many ways, a vibe shift. With touch screens ubiquitous, what was once viewed as luxurious is becoming tacky. Physical controls, done well, now signal the kind of thoughtfulness and exclusivity once attached to the original iPhone.
1000 Tiny Pieces | Hopeful Monsters
1000tinypieces.com.au
“Youth culture has driven culture for time immemorial, but more than ever before, female youth culture drives culture,”