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The End of the Extremely Online Era
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@soren.iverson is a designer who tweaks features on well-known apps as part of a daily side project he describes as “satirical product design”.
The project started at the end of last year when Iverson had some free time and created a few concepts that made fun of “how absurd” the Spotify Year In Review feature is when... See more
instagram.comDavid Foster Wallace Tried to Warn Us About these Eight Things
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But whether Substack is good for writers is one question; another is whether a world in which subscription newsletters rival magazines and newspapers is a world that people want.
Anna Wiene • Is Substack the Media Future We Want?
“We fought the slop, and the slop became us. Or, some of us. But the slop isn’t going anywhere, and the question now is how to learn about the world online without becoming a conduit for slop. A slop creator. A slop enjoyer. Is it even possible?”
A personality sketch of the marginal user
Here’s what I’ve been able to piece together about the marginal user. Let’s call him Marl. The first thing you need to know about Marl is that he has the attention span of a goldfish on acid. Once Marl opens your app, you have about 1.3 seconds to catch his attention with a shiny image or triggering... See more
Here’s what I’ve been able to piece together about the marginal user. Let’s call him Marl. The first thing you need to know about Marl is that he has the attention span of a goldfish on acid. Once Marl opens your app, you have about 1.3 seconds to catch his attention with a shiny image or triggering... See more