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the rise of pseudo-trends
how we created a simulation of language
 • Adam Aleksic
the non-places of social media
One of the many insidious effects of technological advancement is that more of our places are becoming non-places.
 • Adam Aleksic
the importance of not knowing
It’s human nature to be inquisitive.
 • Adam Aleksic
platform logic
how tech companies structure our conversations
 • Adam Aleksic
67, clip farming, and the panopticon
Last month, Dictionary.com chose “67” as its word of the year, and I’m not surprised in the slightest.
 • Adam Aleksic
your phone is a fake house
The wooden stairs in my childhood home had a creaky step.
 • Adam Aleksic
the gooner and the caveman
A man in a gnome hat stands on a soapbox.
 • Adam Aleksic
feeling without thinking
There are two ways you can look at media: immerse yourself, or detach yourself.
 • Adam Aleksic
notes on slop
“Slop” is subjectively defined, and yet shares certain universal features: it is always seen as negative, and connotes mass distribution to an ignorant…
 • Adam Aleksic
why platforms are killing the hashtag
Today I write in anticipatory nostalgia for the cornerstone of a more democratic internet—one which is slowly being stolen from us.
 • Adam Aleksic
the engagement economy
how we replaced attention with its own metric
 • Adam Aleksic
how to look at social media
a guide for regaining agency in the algorithmic milieu
 • Adam Aleksic
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