[never-obsolete]

Microsoft.com March 2007

[despazito]

[despazito]

Awesome

[powerburial]

ONE FIFTH (1/5th) of the total conversation was non-human generated content. 15% of all political tweets in the month before the election were from 400,000+ automated bots.

[liveleaker-deactivated20250423]

[never-obsolete]

Intel website October 1999

[slunch]

tl;dr: all "algorithmically" pushed stuff on a newsfeed is mostly ads. nothing that's really surprising form this vulture article, but it is dismal and makes me grateful for one website where you only see things from people you follow WITHOUT horrible short-form video content

[bitchking-of-angmar]

The Feed Is Fake

What if every viral song, movie, meme, influencer, and celebrity drama in recent memory was the result of a stealth marketing campaign?

https://web.archive.org/web/20260515113210/https://www.vulture.com/article/social-media-feeds-chaotic-good-projects-clipping.html

Have a paywall free link to the source!

[butchfriend]

Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College

[cognitiveinequality]

[comment-tube]

[foggycatgarden]

Marc Bolan, Santa Monica 1973

[reprisearchive]

David Lynch's "Angriest Dog in the World".

[film-favourites]

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

[sioltach]

[marcbolanhotlove]

Marc for June 💗

[pixiedeadbeat]

Marc Bolan and wife, June Child, early 1970’s

[filmeseframes]

The Killer (John Woo, 1989)

[wittyowl]

The behind-the-scenes snapshots from Wong Kar-wai's "Happy Together" (1997) in the photobook "Solace" by Wing Shya, a set photographer.

[whoknowswherethetimegoes]

Bob Dylan and dog Hamlet at his house outside Woodstock, 1960s.