#AlgorithmicCulture
Congrats to Dr Thao Phan, winner of the Australian Academy of the Humanities 2025 Max Crawford Medal for her exemplary scholarship investigating dynamics of race and gender in algorithmic culture @thaophan.bsky.social #AlgorithmicCulture #MaxCrawfordMedal #GenderStudies
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August 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Reality TV isn't the problem. 😂

The problem is being so distracted and algorithmically entertained that we stop noticing what's happening around us. 👀📱🔥

#MediaLiteracy #Consumerism #Capitalism #AlgorithmicCulture #PoliticalAwareness #AntiCapitalism #ClassConsciousness #SocialCommentary
August 21, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Before and After the Internet. We have just published a review of two recent books on #AlgorithmicCulture and #PlatformCapitalism by @striphas.bsky.social and @synthesiastica.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Before and after the internet - Subjectivity
Subjectivity -
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May 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Before and After the Internet. My review of two recent books on #AlgorithmicCulture and #PlatformCapitalism by @striphas.bsky.social and @synthesiastica.bsky.social has been published by @j4subjectivity.bsky.social

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Before and after the internet
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May 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Some stories exist
to inform you.

Others exist
to own you.

Know the difference.

#criticalmedia #algorithmicculture #mediawisdom #informationethics #digitalautonomy #thoughtfultech #attentionhealth
February 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Feel of Algorithms explores how #algorithms shape everyday life through structures of feeling. Minna Ruckenstein analyzes #Datafication and human #Friction within #AlgorithmicCulture. #SocialScience www.ucpress.edu/books/the-fe...
April 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM
A show can be enormous within its audience and invisible outside it. Three colleagues at lunch could not find one thing they had all seen. Monoculture is dead. microtrends.beehiiv.com

#monoculture #culturalfragmentation #mediatrends #algorithmicculture #microtrends
July 3, 2026 at 10:55 PM
There's a question art needs to be able to ask: is there surplus here, or only recognition?

Our new paper argues that the algorithmic regime doesn't answer it badly, or late. It makes it unaskable.

🔗 zenodo.org/records/2163...

#PhilosophyOfArt #Aesthetics #ArtTheory #AlgorithmicCulture
Recognition and Surplus: On the Double Dissociation between Structural Surplus and Historical Recognition, and Its Compression under Algorithmic Mediation
The critical possibility of art depends on whether a critical question—"is there surplus here, or only recognition?"—can be posed. This article argues that the algorithmic regime of mediation suppress...
zenodo.org
July 27, 2026 at 9:58 PM
🚨 Social media & labels turned #artists into content machines...

The shift from "music" to "content" wasn't semantic; it was strategic devaluation of artistic expression for algorithmic optimization.

📚 Full investigation: open.substack.com/pub/vinylcul...

#MusicIndustry #AlgorithmicCulture #Music
From Artists to Content Creators | How TikTok & Streaming Destroyed Music 📲🎙️
An investigation into the systematic destruction of artistry and why AI could be the final nail in creativity's coffin
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
For over two years every morning I share words of hope, intelligence, and common decency with the world in very high traffic internet places. Purposefully, I post them in ways unfavorable to algorithms to make a point to help us all. #AICriticism #HumanCreativity #AlgorithmicCulture
But we'd rather play a video game than protect our freedom.
Machines Can't Write; They Can Only Classify
_Friday, August 21, 2026_ Good morning, The Wonder Fell Way. O/ A pad of paper and the sunrise and you. Thanks for reading. And good job finding me in all this internet dark. For over two years every morning I share words of hope, intelligence, and common decency with the world in very high traffic internet places. Purposefully, I post them in ways unfavorable to algorithms to make a point to help us all. Having machines as gatekeepers of information, social information, is inhumane and tears the fabric of our society. There's no empathy in a machine. Code isn't concerned about human well-being and advancement. Its only consideration is class. A democratic algorithm is an oxymoron. It's something we need to discuss the human utility for and its possible ramifications before well... what we've already done: Trust our information systems to it. The hell viewed on every screen in media circles is not the result of human failures. Faith in classification algorithms is at fault. The willing devotion to place our media, social and otherwise, into sets of class creates an anti-freedom environment in the words and images we share. In America, our stories are grouped and fed to us by class. Our Country is a democracy; our information distribution systems at present are a class system: The opposite of free. It's why all these groups keep doubling down on their stances. Democrat is a class. Republican is a class. Black is a class. White is a class. Rich is a class. Poor is a class. A class system of government is exactly what democracy is set to defend against and exactly where algorithms are taking us. Because it's what they're built to do; it's how they operate. But we'd rather play a video game than protect our freedom. Tough love for sure, but true. And love. O/ We're better than what we witness on our screens everyday. Each morning, in some way, I showcase why and how while the sunrises. Because we all must do our part to keep this experiment in freedom called America going. I come at it from the point of view of a poet. Words and the powers of language, specifically the written word, is my life's work. In the realm of my profession is where the disease causing the disorder is. Machines can't write; they can only classify. American Government isn't a team sport; it's a team effort. In fact, that's the whole point and purpose of our Nation: We're better when we work together. To tag a person puts them into a class... a process otherwise known as removing their freedom. "That's a right-wing story. That's a left-wing fantasy. That one's for Blacks. That one's for Whites..." That's all talk that's very un-American and exactly what's News every single day, lately. My words don't pander to a system of classification algorithms. My words belong to me... like yours do to you. We can do better than allowing machines the opportunity to tell us what we can talk about and read. A book or movie your close friend tells you is worth looking at is always better than a computer's recommendation: And exactly how a free people works. So I write and share everyday. Congratulations, again, for being able to read it. Share it if you like. I'd rather your good say over that of an algorithm be the reason someone else reads it. #### ~ Wynn ~ Brought to you by the emoji of the day: 🌞 __sun_with_face__ Archaic Slab
www.wonderfell.org
August 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
The Last Human Variable

https://dominusmarkham.com/the-last-human-variable/

#DeadInternetTheory #GhostTownEconomy #MachineEconomy #AIAgents #BotTraffic #SyntheticDemand #DigitalDystopia #MarkhamUnfiltered #FutureOfWork #AIvsHumans #AlgorithmicCulture #IndependentVoices
The Last Human Variable - Dominus Owen Markham
Right, let’s talk about the ghost town nobody built and everybody’s already living in. I’ve spent the last few years watching the internet from a cave in rural Spain, which sounds like a punchline but…
dominusmarkham.com
July 21, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Authenticity is trending because everything else feels engineered. What happens when people can sense optimization instead of presence?

dualisticunity.com/why-authenti...

#AuthenticityCrisis #AlgorithmicCulture
Why Authenticity Is Trending in a World of Algorithms - Dualistic Unity
Authenticity is everywhere online—but not for the reasons people think. A look at identity fatigue, algorithms, and why being yourself feels exhausting.
dualisticunity.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Authenticity is trending because everything else feels engineered. What happens when people can sense optimization instead of presence?

dualisticunity.com/why-authenti...

#AuthenticityCrisis #AlgorithmicCulture
Why Authenticity Is Trending in a World of Algorithms - Dualistic Unity
Authenticity is everywhere online—but not for the reasons people think. A look at identity fatigue, algorithms, and why being yourself feels exhausting.
dualisticunity.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Authenticity is trending because everything else feels engineered. What happens when people can sense optimization instead of presence?

dualisticunity.com/why-authenti...

#AuthenticityCrisis #AlgorithmicCulture
Why Authenticity Is Trending in a World of Algorithms - Dualistic Unity
Authenticity is everywhere online—but not for the reasons people think. A look at identity fatigue, algorithms, and why being yourself feels exhausting.
dualisticunity.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Authenticity is trending because everything else feels engineered. What happens when people can sense optimization instead of presence?

dualisticunity.com/why-authenti...

#AuthenticityCrisis #AlgorithmicCulture
Why Authenticity Is Trending in a World of Algorithms - Dualistic Unity
Authenticity is everywhere online—but not for the reasons people think. A look at identity fatigue, algorithms, and why being yourself feels exhausting.
dualisticunity.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
"The Feel of Algorithms" explores how #algorithms shape everyday life through "structures of feeling". Minna Ruckenstein analyzes #Datafication and human #Friction within #AlgorithmicCulture. #SocialScience
www.jstor.org
May 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Soziale Medien ohne das Soziale.
Plattformen wie Instagram und TikTok ersetzen soziale Feeds durch KI-kuratierte Kurzvideos, die kaum noch auf reale soziale Beziehungen bezogen sind.
#socialmedia #algorithmicculture #digitalsociety […]
Original post on det.social
det.social
January 29, 2026 at 6:32 AM
#Algorithmicculture, driven by machines, is increasingly #influencing our #dailylives and shaping our #culturallandscape. While this offers #convenience and new #possibilities, it also raises #concerns about the erosion of #humancreativity and the potential for #AIcontent to dominate.…
September 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Früher war Pop eine kollektive Erfahrung – alle sahen dasselbe.
Heute ist Pop algorithmische Sichtbarkeit – viele sehen Varianten, personalisiert und datengesteuert.
Was bedeutet das für Autorschaft und digitale Kunst?

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#DigitalArt #AlgorithmicCulture #CulturalTheory
Pop ≠ Popularity: Erfolg im Zeitalter der algorithmischen Öffentlichkeit | by Harald Surkemper | Nov, 2025 | Medium
Erfolg im Zeitalter der algorithmischen Öffentlichkeit
medium.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Most feeds
aren’t broken.

They’re working
exactly as designed.

Your awareness
is the real upgrade.

#algorithmicculture #mediaawareness #digitalculture #criticalmedia #attentiondesign #moderninternet
March 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Algorithms don’t know
what matters to you.

They know
what keeps you scrolling.

There’s a difference.

Relevance isn’t viral.
Clarity isn’t loud.

Human judgment
will always beat
automated chaos.

#algorithmicculture #humanfirst
#digitalethics #mediaawareness
#criticalmedia #internetpsychology
#tec
February 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM