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Poparazzi seems to lack any of the hallmarks of anything lasting. There is nothing new to the mode, nothing that cannot be done elsewhere, nothing truly unique or interesting. Restricting what you can do in a social network works with the length of a video, but it doesn’t really work with photos. It’s just another app that will be gone in a few mon... See more
Ed Zitron • Silicon Valley's Social App and Teen Obsession
Never before has so much culture been available to so many at such little cost.
There’s just one tiny problem.
Where’s the audience? The supply of culture is HUGE and GROWING. But the demand side of the equation is ugly.
In many cases—newspaper subscribers, album purchases, movie tickets sold, etc.—the metrics have been shrinking or even collapsing.
... See moreTed Gioia • The State of the Culture
The next generation of celebrities will make money through a combination of subscription and micropayments. Fans will pay recurring revenue to support and gain access to their favorite celebrities, but will pay additional money for à la carte items.
Rex Woodbury • The Business of Fame: 1920-2020
Spon-Moms: It used to be that only celebrity kids could make an income.
Nora McInerny • Bad Vibes Only: (and Other Things I Bring to the Table)
It’s insane that the average good looking girl leaves college with 10-50 bodies. Normies and boomers think a 21 year old girl with 30 bodies is a gimmick when it’s actually super common. We are living in crazy times of degeneracy. Eve ate the whole damn apple
Chase Harrisx.comFacebook does work for a beauty product company tracking when thirteen-to-seventeen-year-old girls delete selfies, so it can serve a beauty ad to them at that moment.
Sarah Wynn-Williams • Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
The Internet Didn’t Kill Counterculture—you Just Won’t Find It on Instagram
Caroline Bustadocumentjournal.comGlenn McDonald,