#internetculture — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #internetculture, aggregated by home.social.
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industry plant or chaotic good: the geese marketing conundrum
the discourse around geese being an "industry plant" vs just engaging in chaotic good marketing is proof that our collective brains have been fried by algorithm paranoia...https://tacobout.online/2026/08/27/geese-chaotic-good-marketing-industry-plant/
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Ed Circuit: How High School Media Programs Prepare Future Creators. “From newspapers and radio stations to podcasts, livestreams, AI, and digital storytelling, today’s high school media programs are preparing students for careers that didn’t exist just a decade ago.”
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·LIST: What’s changing for Facebook, Instagram in the wake of US settlement
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Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harm
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[Tech Thoughts] Meta’s settlement with US states, and the hope for change in social media
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Parade: Dollywood Site Temporarily Crashes After Fans Rush to Honor Dolly Parton. “Within an hour of the public announcement, an overwhelming surge of visitors rushed to Dollywood.com to check operational updates, review travel plans, and secure park tickets. The sudden spike in web traffic briefly overwhelmed the Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, destination’s servers, The New York Post reported, […]
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Companies That Love Shit-Spewing Algorithms Admit Maybe Shit-Spewing Algorithms Are Bad
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/meta-facebook-instagram-lawsuit/
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Despite Myself, I'm Obsessed With This Irish Language Food Influencer Drama
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/irish-tiktok-nasti-instagram/
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Chinese factory workers accidentally caught on camera glasses
By Jason Om and Richard MocklerA new pair of camera glasses purchased online has been found to contain video footage of factory workers who appear to have been unknowingly filmed.
#ConsumerElectronics #InternetCulture #JasonOm #RichardMockler
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New Zealand to introduce bill banning social media for children under 16
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https://tuhat.net/@onefootintheother/p/the-world-wants-to-sell-you-clean-answers
The creator economy is born and people are no longer making art, they are making content. Slop pushed out online on consistent schedules onto platforms inundated with competing and yet eerily similar slop. Everyone is posting “consistently” even when they have nothing to say.
We are already overloaded with information, do we ever stop to consider if the world really needs more?
#internet #internetculture #philosophy #creativity #writing #socialmedia #creatoreconomy
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😂 Oh look, another 4,226-word #dissertation on Hacker News! Because what the world really needed was a PhD-level analysis on a glorified Reddit clone where tech bros go to humblebrag and pretend they invented the internet. 🚀💻
https://vale.rocks/posts/hacker-news #HackerNews #TechHumor #InternetCulture #PhDAnalysis #HackerNews #ngated -
'We're all gonna make it': What gymbros are getting wrong about Zyzz
By Myles Houlbrook-WalkThe early social media phenomenon around Aziz Shavershian may seem like a precursor to some of the uglier corners of the internet, but the late bodybuilder's brother says they preach a different message.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/zyzz-poster-boy-documentary-manosphere-looksmaxxing/107052896
#SocialMedia #BodyImage #InternetCulture #Sport #MylesHoulbrookWalk
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404 Media: X’s Algorithm Feeds Off Ragebait and Impacts Democrats More, Study Finds. “X’s algorithm learns what you hate and shows you more of it, according to a new study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The paper, titled Value misalignment of X’s feed algorithm is a reflection of value tensions in engagement, found that the site’s algorithm […]
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ABC News (Australia): The manosphere continues to suck young men in as study reveals troubling findings. “Flynn Martin is one who says he was radicalised by the manosphere. He was 20 years old. A uni student. A self-professed doomscroller. But once the anti-women algorithm infiltrated his social media, it took just months for the hobby content creator to become another online prophet of […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/21/abc-news-australia-the-manosphere-continues-to-suck-young-men-in-as-study-reveals-troubling-findings/ -
Deadline: SXSW Launching Podcast Festival In 2027. “SXSW is expanding with the addition of a dedicated podcast festival in 2027, festival organizers announced on Tuesday. This positions Podcasts a core element of the SXSW experience, alongside Film & TV, Music, Comedy, and the Innovation Conference.”
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Roblox to face external audits to prove it's safe for Australian children
Australia's eSafety Commissioner will be able to take the gaming platform to court if it finds Roblox is not honouring its commitments to keep Australian children safe.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/roblox-esafety-court-enforceable-undertaking/107056294
#ConsumerProtection #ChildCare #Children #InformationandCommunication #InternetCulture #LawCrimeandJustice
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A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare
https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2026/08/19/sondehub-and-war/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49360015
#HackerNews #jokedomain #geopoliticalwarfare #cybersecurity #internetculture
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LIST: What Roblox has done to safeguard child users
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🎉 Oh no! Another keyboard warrior discovers the internet isn't a utopia of thoughtful discourse, but a dumpster fire of ads and #clickbait. 😱 Surprise! Who knew that a treasure trove of cat GIFs and meme culture wasn't the bastion of intellectual growth?! 😂
https://btao.org/posts/2026-08-17-i-dont-enjoy-the-internet/ #internetculture #memehumor #keyboardwarriors #dumpsterfire #HackerNews #ngated -
New York Times: After 31 Years, a Quirky Gay Gossip Website Shuts Down. This link goes to a gift article. “At around 5 p.m. on July 30, one day ahead of schedule, the DataLounge, a long-running online forum that became a gathering spot for (mostly) gay men, went dark. Just like that, tens of millions of posts spanning more than three decades simply disappeared.”
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Superwog, Eddie Woo among YouTubers inducted into film and sound archive
By Tessa FlemmingTogether, these Youtubers boast more than 84 million subscribers worldwide. Now they're being recognised for their impact on Australian culture.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-17/youtubers-recognised-in-nfsa-archive/107033208
#InternetCulture #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #HumanInterest #TessaFlemming
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How much longer should Australia wait for the social media ban to work?
By Cam WilsonIf the prime minister is right and there's no time to waste, how much more of it can we spend just waiting for the teen social media ban to work?
#GovernmentandPolitics #SocialMedia #InformationandCommunication #FederalGovernment #CommunityandSociety #InternetCulture #Internet #YoungPeople #Health #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #CamWilson
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Thoughts on the web, small-web and federation
I've actually been thinking about this for a while... a couple of years probably. But I ran across a post on mastodon.social that made me stop and pause and think, "OK, what is really the status of things right now, in mid-2026?" The post read: As attempts to lock down "the #internet" grow, alongside it will grow the rebirth of an age of #zines, #BBS, #mixtapes, #burnedCDs, and other hand-to-hand media. People will bypass restrictions, even if it's by paper and #sneakernet or #CB radios in […]https://offgridholdout.org/journal/thoughts-on-the-web-small-web-and-federation/
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Hi everyone! 👋 Time for a proper #Introduction.
I'm a tech & internet culture enthusiast based in Poland 🇵🇱. Big fan of testing weird food combinations (yes, dipping salty fries into a cold vanilla milkshake is a top-tier snack 🍟🍦).
Here to share hot takes, join cool conversations, and connect with people worldwide!#poland #food #tech #internetculture #newhere #internetculturefeed