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> The internet of the 2010s will be defined by social media’s role in the 2016 election, the rise of extremism, and the fallout from privacy scandals like Cambr
by malvosenior 7y ago
> The internet of the 2010s will be defined by social media’s role in the 2016 election, the rise of extremism, and the fallout from privacy scandals like Cambridge Analytica.
When I think of the internet of the 2010s I think of clickbait farms like Buzzfeed politicizing absolutely everything. This statement by them is 100% in line with the type of content "journalists" have produced and polluted the internet with the past 10 years.
- zozbot234 7y agoThat's the thing about extremism, it comes in lots of flavors. And clickbait farms are incented to whip it up.
- elfexec 7y agoBy rise of extremism, is buzzfeednews talking about themselves and their fellow extremists huffpo, etc? The worst thing about social media is that it allowed toxic extremists like buzzfeednews, huffpo, etc to thrive.