Virality is Virility
I often argue that virality is not good for social justice: where depth, connection, careful consideration, and usability matter much more than brief recognition, superficial attention, or momentary if strong emotion. After the crush of attention, #fakenews remains, as do the people and organizations committed to studying and changing it, the people and organizations who use it to manipulate, and the real world changes it can, does and will inspire. #fakenews depends upon the logic and cycles of virality. Criticizing, understanding, and outliving this logic is critical to its undoing. (#100hardtruth #80: outlast virality)
Contents of this path:
- #80, outlast virality
- #13: conservatism trends toward performance art
- #15: the internet is perfect incubator for #fakenews and its material results
- #20: stress related to immigration status is one result
- #22: experimental escape routes needed
- #33: speed matters; there is safety in the slow
- #48, seek enlightenment from historical context, contemporaneous public statements, and specific sequence of events
- #68, digital self-defense in the time of trump needed
- #75, no time for fools
- #81, call the man of the year a liar
- #82, explain your irrational destruction before the eyes of humanity
- #83, focus attention on the real-world applications of #fakenews
- #89, ten (more!) superhardtruths about #100hardtruths (certainly not) needed
- #90, Trump is always making provocations with his aggressive words
- #97, digital participation is reflexive
- #98, peace is the most powerful deterrent of all
- #99, information overload needs positive feedback effects
- #100, speak and spell, teach and tell, count and swell