Hacker News with Generative AI: Digital Culture

Digg Returns: Relaunching in Bid to Bring "Good Vibes" Back to Social Media (hollywoodreporter.com)
Twenty years after it was founded, Digg is coming back, in a bid to “bring the fun back” to the internet.
Social Media, Relaunches, Nostalgia, Digital Culture
16 points by adrian_mrd 28 days ago | 2 comments
Why does modern life often feel like the seven circles of digital hell? (theguardian.com)
In many ways, I love living in the digital age. As someone who grew up in the analog world (my first journalism job, as a college intern, involved a manual typewriter and carbon paper), I am still delighted to be able to find out, within 10 seconds, whether a particular movie star is still alive or to share my latest column with the entire world through a social media post.
Technology, Society, Digital Culture, Social Media
9 points by devonnull 88 days ago | 1 comments
The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age (thewalrus.ca)
Why are we letting algorithms rewrite the rules of art, work, and life?
Social Media, Digital Culture, Psychology, Self-Esteem, Technology
219 points by pseudolus 193 days ago | 189 comments