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The slop we deserve
Recent reports heralded an allegedly viral sensation as the fastest growing TikTok account in history. AI Fruit Love Island is an unholy combination of words that describes precisely what it sounds like. A cartoon series based on the Love Island franchise with fruit characters instead of tanned human ones. The
Pretentiousness, taste, and why people were so mad about Wuthering Heights
In the algorithmic era, it is hard to have individual taste. It is hard to even remember what that is. Taste has always been difficult to define; it is inherently subjective and more of an impression than a fact. You can sense when someone has it, whether it is good
Who’s afraid of algorithmic capture?
People often break out online because they do something unexpected. Over time, they tend to become seemingly interchangeable with similar creators or unrecognisable from what originally made them famous. Is it the influence of newfound wealth and status or something about the act of posting online? Audience capture is the
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