Hacker News with Generative AI: Internet Culture

Death of South Korean actor at 24 sparks discussion about internet culture (apnews.com)
South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron’s death this week has triggered an outpouring of grief and calls for changes to the way the country’s celebrities are treated in the public arena and on social media, which critics say can foster a culture of harassment.
Celebrities, Social Media, South Korea, Internet Culture, Mental Health
12 points by geox 3 days ago | 6 comments
Cleo from Math StackExchange's Identity Has Been Revealed? (youtube.com)
Internet Culture, Online Communities, Social Media
14 points by ta8645 4 days ago | 2 comments
Terence Tao on the Ongoing Process of "Enshittification" (mathstodon.xyz)
Mathematics, Social Commentary, Internet Culture
9 points by yo_yo_yo-yo 9 days ago | 0 comments
The Enshittification Hall of Shame (slashdot.org)
Social Media, Internet Culture, Online Communities
6 points by ozornin 10 days ago | 1 comments
As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders (arstechnica.com)
Two years ago, a Canadian writer named Cory Doctorow coined the phrase "enshittification" to describe the decay of online platforms.
Internet Culture, Technology, Criticism, Social Media
11 points by rbanffy 14 days ago | 0 comments
As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders (arstechnica.com)
Two years ago, a Canadian writer named Cory Doctorow coined the phrase "enshittification" to describe the decay of online platforms.
Internet Culture, Online Platforms, Technology, Criticism
12 points by stalfosknight 15 days ago | 1 comments
There is No Antimemetics Division (wikidot.com)
Fiction, Conspiracy Theories, Internet Culture
38 points by 0x62 15 days ago | 3 comments
As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders (arstechnica.com)
Two years ago, a Canadian writer named Cory Doctorow coined the phrase "enshittification" to describe the decay of online platforms.
Internet Culture, Online Platforms, Technology, Criticism
12 points by pseudolus 15 days ago | 1 comments
As Internet enshittification marches on, here are some of the worst offenders (arstechnica.com)
Two years ago, a Canadian writer named Cory Doctorow coined the phrase "enshittification" to describe the decay of online platforms.
Internet Culture, Online Platforms, Criticism, Technology, Social Media
12 points by CharlesW 16 days ago | 8 comments
Brandolini's law – Amount of energy needed to refute bullshit (wikipedia.org)
Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 by Alberto Brandolini, an Italian programmer, that emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating it in the first place.
Misinformation, Social Media, Internet Culture, Communication, Information Management
27 points by punnerud 17 days ago | 2 comments
Streisand Effect (wikipedia.org)
The Streisand effect is an unintended consequence of attempts to hide, remove, or censor information, where the effort instead increases public awareness of the information.
Censorship, Information Control, Public Awareness, Internet Culture
5 points by yagizdegirmenci 17 days ago | 0 comments
Brandolini's Law (wikipedia.org)
Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 by Alberto Brandolini, an Italian programmer, that emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating it in the first place.
Misinformation, Internet Culture, Social Media, Information Management
6 points by throw0101a 19 days ago | 0 comments
The Web We Lost (2012) (anildash.com)
The tech industry and its press have treated the rise of billion-scale social networks and ubiquitous smartphone apps as an unadulterated win for regular people, a triumph of usability and empowerment.
Social Media, Technology, Web Development, Internet Culture
10 points by _jove 19 days ago | 0 comments
Stories I Refuse to Believe (tedunangst.com)
The internet is filled with stories that purport to teach us a valuable lesson or something about how the world works, and they’re really important because they really happened.
Internet Culture, Storytelling, Truth
3 points by akkartik 30 days ago | 0 comments
Stories from the Internet (dbrgn.ch)
A collection of internet folklore.
Internet Culture, Folklore, Storytelling
53 points by ColinWright 40 days ago | 10 comments
TILs Are Junk Food (antonz.org)
I have a very low opinion of public TILs ("Today I Learned"). You probably guessed that from the title. Here is my reasoning.
TILs, Opinions, Internet Culture, Online Communities
15 points by ingve 42 days ago | 4 comments
4chan became the home of the elite reader (newstatesman.com)
It’s a Friday in early January and someone on 4chan has invented a new philosophical doctrine: “esoteric Kantianism”. “You must not take Kant’s words at face value,” the anonymous user warns – readers who do so will only take away shallow insights about the half-blind “normie mind”. “You must read between the lines.”
Online Communities, Philosophy, Internet Culture
22 points by New_Statesman 46 days ago | 6 comments
Be a property owner and not a renter on the internet (den.dev)
The year is 2025. The internet in the shape that we’ve known it in the early 2000s is no longer there. Or, not quite in the shape that we’ve seen it before. This is not just plain nostalgia talking - the vibrant ecosystem of blogs, feeds, personal sites, and forums has been usurped by a few mega-concentrated players.
Web Development, Internet Culture, Decentralization
330 points by dend 50 days ago | 257 comments
Blogs rot. Wikis wait (j3s.sh)
blogs rot. wikis wait.
Web Development, Content Management, Internet Culture
196 points by j3s 51 days ago | 126 comments
Wikipedia: List of Citogenesis Incidents (wikipedia.org)
In 2011, Randall Munroe in his comic xkcd coined the term "citogenesis" to describe the creation of "reliable" sources through circular reporting.[1][2] This is a list of some well-documented cases in which Wikipedia has been the source.
Wikipedia, Circular Reporting, Citogenesis, Internet Culture
7 points by paulgb 55 days ago | 0 comments
Something is wrong on the Internet (lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)
I just read two long diatribes on the Internet about what’s wrong with . . . well pretty much everything.
Internet Culture, Criticism, Opinion
74 points by toss1 61 days ago | 101 comments
Never Forgive Them (wheresyoured.at)
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting worse, despite what tech’s “brightest” minds might promise.
Technology, Internet Culture, Personal Essays, Digital Ethics
28 points by throwaway81523 64 days ago | 1 comments
Never Forgive Them (wheresyoured.at)
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting worse, despite what tech’s “brightest” minds might promise.
Technology, Personal Essays, Internet Culture
21 points by wgx 66 days ago | 9 comments
Ask HN: What Is the Meaning Behind Anime Girls Holding Programming Books (ycombinator.com)
Found on github: https://github.com/cat-milk/Anime-Girls-Holding-Programming-Books
Anime, Programming, Culture, Internet Culture, Pop Culture
18 points by netfortius 67 days ago | 15 comments
A Chinese Internet Phrasebook (asteriskmag.com)
The latest slang on Weibo reveals a world of cynicism, ennui — and concrete pasta.
Chinese Language, Social Media, Internet Culture
11 points by thehoff 67 days ago | 0 comments
For the Love of God, Make Your Own Website (aftermath.site)
The internet sucks now--but it doesn't have to.
Web Development, Internet Culture, Personal Projects
43 points by handfuloflight 74 days ago | 8 comments
Is doom scrolling rotting our brains? (theguardian.com)
‘Brain rot’ is the Oxford word of the year – a fitting choice, given the startling impact the internet is having on our grey matter
Social Media, Psychology, Internet Culture
7 points by ceronman 74 days ago | 2 comments
For the love of God, make your own website (aftermath.site)
The internet sucks now--but it doesn't have to.
Web Development, Internet Culture, Opinion
27 points by lr0 84 days ago | 14 comments
Establishing an etiquette for LLM use on Libera.Chat (libera.chat)
For better or for worse, controversially perhaps, we are now immersed in an online landscape laden with LLMs.
Online Communities, Ethics, Internet Culture
6 points by greyface- 91 days ago | 0 comments
Remembering Cyberia, the first ever cyber cafe (vice.com)
It’s early on a Sunday morning in late 1994, and you’re shuffling your way through Fitzrovia in Central London, bloodstream still rushing after a long night at Bagley’s. The sun comes up as you come down. You navigate side streets that you know like the back of your hand. But your hand’s stamped with a party logo. And your brain’s kaput.Coffee… yes, coffee. Good idea. Suddenly, you find yourself outside a teal blue cafe.
History, Internet Culture, London, Technology, Cafes
150 points by DamnInteresting 91 days ago | 92 comments