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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:
Sending me
Modern Video Games
Fire-Retardant Shorts
Marketing Perils
“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
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