We Love the Internet 2023/14: The Social network taxonomy edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• Netflix’s Approach Shifts, Pushing Content That Can ‘Pop’
• Beyond ‘Wednesday’ and ‘Outer Banks’: How Netflix is looking to be the new CW for Gen Z
• BuzzFeed Is Quietly Publishing Whole AI-Generated Articles, Not Just Quizzes
• All mixed up
• ‘Hot Ones’ Was a Slow Burn All Along

Reference points:

• A social network taxonomy.

Longer reads:

• Inside Amazon Studios: Big Swings Hampered by Confusion and Frustration
• AI and the American Smile
• How Fox Chased Its Audience Down the Rabbit Hole
• The reaction economy

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Iconic movie trailers, explained by a trailer editor
• I tried using AI. It scared me.

Things to look at/read:

• Inside the Secret Shady World of Corporate Concerts
• Remembering When Cocktails Were Just Soup

Animal corner:

• Any other mud monsters out there?
• POV: Your dog cheats on you, everytime when you are on the Subway
• Summer routine with my two-toothed dog
• They always know what that sound means and line up
• The “I don’t want another dog” kinda dad
• Dog sitting and didn’t know her release word to eat

Tweets of the week:

• You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain
• The Slalom Witch Trials

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The end of love
• Bad tape

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