Why Does Social Media Suck HARDER?

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Keyboard warriors assemble! Peter rejoinders for a look at the YouTube Wars, monetizing emotional labor, influencers, and how to defeat the engagement machine (also ContraPoints). Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe, unless you’re transphobic, in which case I’M COMING.

You can follow Peter at @Loki1001 and listen to his show Dead Times.

This episode is about:

jamescharles

Sending me

elena

Modern Video Games

chris

Fire-Retardant Shorts

boondocks

Marketing Perils

wendys

“The Girl from Buffy”?

OUTRAGE!!

Runtime: [02:10:05]

Music Selection
“Doo Wop (That Thing,” by Lauryn Hill

Further Reading
“YouTuber James Charles has lost nearly 3 million subscribers since his feud with Tati Westbrook” | CNN
“Facebook reveals news feed experiment to control emotions” | The Guardian
“Fortnite is free, but kids are getting bullied into spending money” | Polygon
“Fyre Festival: Inside the world’s biggest festival flop” | BBC
“EA Voted Worst Company in America, Again” | Forbes
“The death of the single-player video games” | BG Falcon Media
“Can You Copyright a Dance Move? The ‘Fortnite’ Lawsuits, Explained” | Billboard
“Rewrites, Infighting and No “Urgency”: Behind Sony’s Lackluster ‘Men in Black’ Relaunch” | The Hollywood Reporter
“Donald Trump’s disclosures of classified information“ | Wikipedia
“Toward a Unified Theory of Mark Zuckerberg’s Haircut” | Mel BETA

Next Time on Questions: We Don’t Have Answers…

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The May/Decembrists


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