Here is what the algorithm doesn't want you to know: The “Content-ification” of Art There was a time when popular media was an event. You gathered around the water cooler on Thursday morning to talk about Friends or The Sopranos . Now, we talk about a show for 48 hours before Netflix’s algorithm shoves the next "must-watch" thriller down our throats.
While the system is broken, the art isn't. The difference is that you have to dig for it now. The mainstream is terrified of taking risks, so the weird, wonderful stuff lives in the margins. Ersties.2023.Tinder.in.Real.Life.2.Action.1.XXX... -HOT
We aren't getting new ideas; we are getting re-ideas . From Twisters to Beetlejuice 2 , Hollywood has realized that your childhood memories are the only currency that still spends. It’s cozy. It’s familiar. But is it exciting? Not really. It’s the cinematic equivalent of eating buttered noodles for the 400th time. Here is what the algorithm doesn't want you