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The Internet's ruining everything

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 08 Dec 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. We are currently living in a culture of obsession driven by social media. Trends like Serial and cronuts dominate the online space.
  2. Livestreaming, despite its potential shown during events like Ferguson, still lacks clear mainstream applications.
  3. Personal essays about unique services like Man Servants, particularly when written by well-known authors, are intriguing reads for many people.

FORBIDDEN TOPICS

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 25 Nov 14
πŸ“° News Entertainment
  1. Avoid discussing controversial topics like Ferguson, President Obama's immigration reforms, and Bill Cosby during Thanksgiving gatherings.
  2. Therapists could use social media like Twitter to gain insights into their patients' mental health.
  3. People can rent a Thanksgiving date online if they don't have one, showing a unique aspect of holiday traditions evolving with technology.
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What are the appropriate ways to ignore people?

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 10 Nov 14
πŸ•Ή Technology Entertainment
  1. William Gibson predicted cyberspace and the web in his sci-fi works but did not foresee Facebook and our constant connectivity.
  2. Internet memes can have surprising longevity due to being cultural ideas studied by science.
  3. Some people have high-paying, seemingly carefree jobs like a "digital prophet" who earns six figures to travel and do very little.

"This message could not be delivered because it contains the phrase 'LOL.'"

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 19 Sep 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. Some college students are turning to 'sugar daddies' to help finance their education.
  2. Internet sleuths can sometimes assist police in investigations, but their impact is mixed and uncertain.
  3. There's humor in imagining new, useful error messages for the internet, like blocking messages with 'LOL' for adults.

Spirit rush? More like SPIRIT CRUSH.

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 29 Aug 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. Avoid checking work email on weekends to maintain a healthier work-life balance and boost productivity.
  2. Get insight into the experiences and perspectives of individuals in unique and often misunderstood professions, like being a popular porn star.
  3. Explore new and diverse forms of entertainment and media, such as watching Twitch and following online gaming tournaments. Find unexpected enjoyment beyond traditional TV shows.

Totally true links that maybe won't bore you

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 25 Aug 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. The Internet's focus has shifted from shocking and inspiring to simply not boring, which reflects a concerning trend in online media.
  2. Online platforms can still serve as powerful tools for empowerment and communication, as seen in the impact of individuals like Karyn Washington.
  3. Old-school video stores have the potential to be repurposed as museums, offering a new lease on life for these nostalgic establishments.

Gotta shun that Instagram life

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 12 Aug 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. Competitive web surfing is a novel sport without physical exertion or high skill requirements, offering real-ish prizes.
  2. The SketchFactor app may reinforce stereotypes, inequalities, and influence personal decisions based on potentially biased data.
  3. The tech industry in Silicon Valley faces issues of drug abuse, with programmers using Adderall to enhance performance as a symptom of larger problems.

Things that everyone hates

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 04 Aug 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. Google is working on a project for a font that supports all languages, trying to solve the issue of missing characters on foreign websites.
  2. Accusations of a feminist conspiracy on Wikipedia by male advocates have interesting implications but lack substantial evidence.
  3. There's a group called 'women against feminism' explaining their stance through an anti-feminist hashtag that went viral.

My kind of cat video

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 14 May 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. You are your data - Evgeny Morozov discusses how giving up 'big data' means surrendering autonomy and letting outside forces control existential choices.
  2. The Library of Congress is studying how old CDs age and which types are most at risk of deterioration.
  3. There is a website called Emoji Fortunes that provides fortunes using emojis. Simple and fun!

Shame is the ultimate algorithm.

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 06 May 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. #BringBackOurGirls gained significant attention with nearly 1 million tweets, standing out as a new form of 'slacktivism.'
  2. Lacey Spears, a blogger and suspected of her son's murder, manipulated online sympathy by fabricating her son's illness over the years.
  3. The concept of 'trigger warnings' has become widespread online, raising the question if the internet itself is a constant trigger warning.

Babushka it is

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 16 Apr 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. A man tweeted his way from middle-management to a job at 30 Rock, showing the power of social media in career advancement.
  2. Digital humanists are changing academia by applying theory to modern trends, such as gender theory to social media.
  3. The future of Facebook might evolve beyond the current platform, according to predictions.

Frankly I’m still mad about it.

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 25 Mar 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. Ghosting in relationships isn't just about Gchat statuses; it's about disappearing without explanation, a trend on the rise due to online dating culture.
  2. IMDb was created by Col Needham, who records every movie he watches and is changing the film industry with his work.
  3. The iconic 'you've got mail!' voice from AOL now works at a TV station in Cleveland, showing up unexpectedly.

In all their hashtagged glory

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 21 Mar 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. Alessandro Ludovico's art project Google Will Eat Itself challenges power structures on the web by self-cannibalizing the search giant using Google ads money.
  2. An individual has written over 350 one-star Amazon book reviews without any clear reason, prompting questions about how to address such behavior.
  3. Approximately 80 million Americans have never heard of hummus, highlighting cultural variations in food awareness.

It's all fun and games until someone lets the white people in.

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 19 Mar 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. America's next top male escort charges $400 an hour and used to work at Jimmy John's.
  2. The Veronica Mars film was funded through Kickstarter, raising interesting questions about what defines a movie.
  3. The complete works of Shakespeare consist of 29,305 individual texts, sparking curiosity about their scale and structure.

I would never violate a pancake like that.

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 28 Feb 14
πŸ˜‚ Humor Entertainment
  1. A funny story emerged about a person having a curious interaction with a Hot Pocket, leading to a comedic interview that's worth a read.
  2. Romantic comedies seem to be declining in popularity, with not a single one in the top 100 films of the year, reflecting a change in viewer preferences.
  3. There's a fascinating world that blends elements of 'Fight Club' with geeky fantasy, as seen in the realm of hardcore international med.

Plz don't twerk before 10.

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends β€’ 0 implied HN points β€’ 10 Jan 14
🎭️ Culture Entertainment
  1. New York Times movie critic A.O. Scott wrote about shady marketers in an interesting essay on social media controversy.
  2. Unemployed people spending lots of time on Facebook correlates with the unemployment rate, as found by Businessweek.
  3. Web analytics can now influence book authors, leading to issues like clickbait and Upworthy headlines spreading to literature.