The story of photographic collage artist Richard G. Ramsdell reminds me of this (perhaps once very Internet famous) Internet koan from futurist and science-fiction author Cory Doctorow (of Electronic Frontier Foundation and Creative Commons fame) that goes something like,

"The biggest threat to authors today (in the early 2000's) is not theft of work, but of falling into obscurity."

More details on Richard G. Ramsdell and the "Cooper Family Photo/Falling Body Creepy Pasta" Internet creepy photo meme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V44Ha1eZF8

#fz_webVideos #fzWebVideos #InternetMeme #InternetCulture #InternetAnthropology

KnowYourMeme dives deep into analysing the socio-cultural impact of Internet memes:

📈 https://trending.knowyourmeme.com/editorials/insights/the-power-of-memes-measuring-the-impact-of-humor-in-viral-content

#fz_links #InternetAnthropology #KnowYourMeme

I agree with this observation:

"Friends come and go. Enemies acumulate."

~old internet koan; hat-tip @dredmorbius circa 2023.

#SocialDynamics #InternetAnthropology #CommunityManagement #WeLiveInASociety #bookmarking #FoodForThought / #fz_thinkingOutLoud

Not just song and dance? Indonesian small & medium-sized businesses reveal why they’re now livestreaming 24/7 on TikTok:

📰 https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/12/2/indonesias-home-businesses-turn-to-tiktok-to-make-it-rain

(Risyiana Muthia for Al Jazeera Asia-Pacific)

#eCommerce #Indonesia #TikTok #LiveStreaming #LiveShopping #AttentionEconomy #InternetAnthropology / #fz_links

Shout out to everyone else who cheers/takes a shot/has their own beverage or snack of choice when they see a reference to Bartle's Taxonomy of Player Types in popular culture, most recent one for me was in the The Peripheral :)

#bartle #taxonomy #playertypes #killers #achievers #socializers #explorers #theperipheral #richardbartle #gamedesign #internetanthropology