[nonostantement #346] - dead internet theory / need for chaos / hobby apps

Now with MORE lava!

Welcome to nonostantement: a weekly newsletter with airy, open, and gratuitous stuff found all over the Internet.

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(thanks Valerio for the shout-out!). I’m Joele, and I spend my week browsing the internet, finding cool stuff to share with you in this Sunday email. I probably spend way too much time online, but it’s part of my job helping companies and brands shape their online content strategy.

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#PEOPLE

• [Video] - AIR play "Moon Safari" - Royal Albert Hall
  Le duo AIR interprète l’emblématique album Moon Safari dans le prestigieux Royal Albert Hall, à Londres.

• Is anyone out there?
  Dead Internet Theory says that you’re the only human left online. It started out as a conspiratorial joke, but it is edging ever closer to reality

• We're losing our digital history. Can the Internet Archive save it?
  Research shows 25% of web pages posted between 2013 and 2023 have vanished. A few organisations are racing to save the echoes of the web, but new risks threaten their very existence.

• Surprise, the most influential people in AI are also the richest
  A look at TIME's AI 100 list, checking in on California's disastrous gig work law, and a victory for voice actors fighting AI

• 9/11 Memes Have Taken Over the Internet
  Detached from the 2001 attacks, it's become one of the internet's most popular punchlines.

• The "Need for Chaos" Voter
  New research has discovered a new personality trait called "need for chaos." They just want to watch the world burn and they're happy to help democracy end in flames. We must understand them.

• Ask Ethan: Could a "copy" of me exist in the Multiverse?
  Within our observable Universe, there's only one Earth and one "you." But in a vast multiverse, so much more becomes possible.

• Do Animals Know That They Will Die?
  An existential mystery

#TECH

• How AI is changing the landscape for content strategists and designers
  Changing search behaviour, the enshittification of the web, and threats to intellectual property. Keeping our jobs isn’t the only challenge AI poses for content folk.

• Overview ‹ AI-Implanted False Memories
  Conversational AI Powered by Large Language Models Amplifies False Memories in Witness Interviews

#SOCIALMEDIA

• Instagram is putting every teen into a more private and restrictive new account
  Instagram is launching Teen Accounts, which will automatically apply restrictions to new and existing users under the age of 18.

• Goodbye Tinder, hello Strava: have ‘hobby’ apps become the new social networks?
  Millions are rejecting the culture-war hotspots of the major social media sites in favour of apps dedicated to activities they enjoy, while bonding with their fellow users

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#THEDARKSIDE

• South Korea: The deepfake crisis engulfing hundreds of schools
  The crisis engulfing more than 500 schools and universities involves many underage victims.

• DOJ: Russia Aimed Propaganda at Gamers, Minorities to Swing 2024 Election
  Newly unsealed court documents reveal in unprecedented detail a campaign called the Good Old USA Project, which Russian authorities believed could impact the US election.

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