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Where the Internet is, so is the glorious dream

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 12 Feb 15
🕹 Technology Social media Art Tech industry Memes Internet culture
  1. Vkontakte's Pavel Durov's story is reminiscent of a classic novel character, involving conflicts with government and fleeing to hide.
  2. Twitter art is becoming an elevated form of expression using bots, emojis, and ASCII, transforming the platform into an artistic space.
  3. The concept of 'Uber, but for jokes' explores how a tech-related joke evolved into a widespread meme.
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#Hip and #cool

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 23 Oct 14
🎭️ Culture Internet Social media Celebrities Memes Mystery
  1. Content moderators sift through internet content so you don't have to, a vital but often distressing job.
  2. The internet harbors a new kind of adept yet troubling figure, like the suspected celebrity photo hacker, showcasing a disturbing trend.
  3. Investigative stories on the web can hold powerful insights into privacy and data concerns, rather than just superficial entertainment.

We can twerk it out

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 15 Aug 14
🎭️ Culture Internet Videos Memes Social media Trends
  1. Email remains a strong communication tool on the internet, enduring despite new platforms and technologies.
  2. Unboxing videos on Youtube are a popular trend where people film themselves opening products like toys and shoes.
  3. One New Yorker used a chatbot to chat with people on OkCupid, showing how technology can impact dating and online interactions.

What's this Notorious

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 01 Aug 14
🎭️ Culture Social media Food Internet Pop culture Memes
  1. Defending 'clickbait' can actually be about encouraging people to read valuable content on the internet instead of dismissing everything as worthless.
  2. Chefs have a love-hate relationship with Yelp, feeling it has both ruined and supported them, showing a complex dynamic.
  3. Sharing personal content online can lead to unexpected outcomes, like viral success causing unwanted reactions and responses.

One part lolz, one part irony, and many, many parts weird

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 11 Jul 14
🎭️ Culture Internet culture Social media Viral Content Pop culture Memes
  1. Internet culture's unique aesthetic of lolz, irony, and weirdness doesn't always translate offline.
  2. Digital footprints from online relationships can linger with haunting algorithms long after the breakup.
  3. Not all viral GIFs depict reality - like the deceptive 'tiny hamsters eating tiny cakes' video.

Thomas Mader: This image will become important later

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 16 Oct 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Visual Arts Propaganda Memes Iconography History
  1. The Pink Panther imagery was adapted by the far-right, showcasing how political agendas can exploit seemingly innocuous symbols.
  2. The power of memes lies in their adaptability and personalized storytelling within social movements.
  3. The challenge of reclaiming images from far-right associations raises questions about desirability and time frames for such efforts.

Lena Peplińska: Think of a number from 1 to 77. Conspiracy theories as memetic dreams

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 16 Oct 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Digital Media Memes Symbolism Visual communication
  1. Collecting data: The internet user plays a gawker role by actively engaging with information, influencing their social media feed with obscure narratives.
  2. Mutating: Memes mutate in digital environments like pathogens, losing their original meaning and becoming a tailored form of communication for the digital age.
  3. Sharing: Memes share similarities with dreams, expressing subconscious wishes and anxieties, and create personalized realities that shape collective fantasies, impacting individual experiences and online interactions.

Max Dauven: Esoteric Memes

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Oct 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Memes Photography Abstract
  1. Max Dauven explores the visual language of memes through a photographic perspective
  2. The showcased artworks form a triptych depicting abstracted memetic symbols from the esoteric and spiritual meme subculture
  3. The pieces include 'Samsara Wheel,' 'Allegory of the Cave,' and 'Pondering / My green Pill,' all presented in inkjet-print with black aluminum frames

Max Dauven: Assuming Control

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎨 Art & Illustration Photography Memes Digital Art
  1. Max Dauven is a photographer from Cologne, Germany, who recently graduated from the Academy of Media Arts.
  2. In his diploma project, Dauven explored the visual aspects of memes through a photographic lens, connecting analog/digital photography with internet meme practices.
  3. Dauven's approach involved arranging and photographing key meme fragments as sculptures in a photo studio, minimally digitally processed to preserve their essence and showcased as art pieces.

Dale Eisinger: Appropriating Celebrity: The Efficiency of Digital Detournement

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🎭️ Culture Celebrity Memes Fandom Art
  1. Memes have become a common component of web browsing, social media, and politics, spreading rapidly and influencing behaviors through easily accessible formats like imagery and short text.
  2. Celebrities serve as a powerful tool for endorsement and representation in the modern digital age, impacting consumer choices and political perceptions through the mere existence of their image.
  3. Detournement, a strategy of disrupting the cultural logic of capitalism by using image commodities against themselves, emphasizes the unification of seemingly unrelated elements to create subversion and arousal of uncertainty.

Academic Fraud: The Memeing of Mark Fisher

Do Not Research • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 21
🎭️ Culture Social media Memes Comedy Internet culture
  1. Mark Fisher may not have appreciated memes and jokes made about him, as he seemed serious and critical in his views.
  2. Despite some of Mark Fisher's predictions about social media not coming true, there is still value in the online discourse and sharing of niche interests through memes and content.
  3. The act of 'shitposting' and creating memes can unintentionally lead to a better understanding of complex topics and attract new readers to philosophical works.