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Taylor Lorenz
United States
Приєднався 2 жов 2011
Journalist making videos about technology and online culture.
Author of the bestselling book Extremely Online ✨
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Why Democrats won't create a left wing Joe Rogan
Since the election, Democrats and the media have been in panic mode, trying to figure out “the manosphere.” It’s a vast network of influencers, podcasters and streamers who speak to young men in a way traditional media has failed to. Many of its personalities are Trump supporters, including Joe Rogan. Now, Democrats are asking how they can win back young men without radicalizing them further, whether they can leverage the manosphere and create "a left-wing Joe Rogan."
To help crack the manosphere, I had on Josh Citarella host of the podcast Doomscroll. He’s been studying the radicalization of young men online for a decade. We break down what's going on and will the Democrats' quest for a Joe Rogan is flawed.
0:00 Intro
1:21 meet Josh Citarella
02:01 What is the “Manosphere”?
02:28 Key personalities of the Manosphere
03:50 What is the appeal of the Manosphere?
04:43 The large communities that make up the Manosphere
05:39 Historic parallels to the Manosphere
06:22 Did tapping into the Manosphere help Trumps campaign?
07:23 Common misconceptions of the Manosphere
08:12 the “Male Loneliness Epidemic”
08:58 The role of economic insecurity
11:00 Hustle culture’s influence
12:33 Why The Democrats can't make “liberal Joe Rogan”
15:52 left vs right influencers
18:19 Did the Democrats abandon their young male voters?
20:14 Why de-platforming right wing influencers doesn’t work
21:55 How the alt-right ecosystem has become stronger over the year
23:15 The future of the Manosphere
To help crack the manosphere, I had on Josh Citarella host of the podcast Doomscroll. He’s been studying the radicalization of young men online for a decade. We break down what's going on and will the Democrats' quest for a Joe Rogan is flawed.
0:00 Intro
1:21 meet Josh Citarella
02:01 What is the “Manosphere”?
02:28 Key personalities of the Manosphere
03:50 What is the appeal of the Manosphere?
04:43 The large communities that make up the Manosphere
05:39 Historic parallels to the Manosphere
06:22 Did tapping into the Manosphere help Trumps campaign?
07:23 Common misconceptions of the Manosphere
08:12 the “Male Loneliness Epidemic”
08:58 The role of economic insecurity
11:00 Hustle culture’s influence
12:33 Why The Democrats can't make “liberal Joe Rogan”
15:52 left vs right influencers
18:19 Did the Democrats abandon their young male voters?
20:14 Why de-platforming right wing influencers doesn’t work
21:55 How the alt-right ecosystem has become stronger over the year
23:15 The future of the Manosphere
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Costco Guy AJ Befumo reveals secrets of the Costcoverse
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Over the past few months, a father-son duo known as the Costco guys has become inescapable. Their family-friendly videos about the grocery chain's chicken bakes and double-chunk chocolate cookies have earned them over 62 million likes on TikTok. Two weeks ago, I sat down with AJ Befumo for an exclusive interview. We dove deep into how he went from former pro wrestler to king of the Costcoverse ...
Inside the strange world of corporate influencers
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This week on Power User I had Ross Pomerantz aka Corporate Bro on to discuss the weird world of corporate influencing, LinkedIn broetry, and how our relationship to our jobs is changing. We discussed vlogging layoffs to balancing your actual job with day in the life videos, and why more companies are seeking to hire internal corporate influencers. 00:00 Intro 01:03 What's a “corporate influence...
Nostalgia accounts are destroying pop culture history
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I sat down with entertainment writer and critic Coleman Spilde to explore how nostalgia accounts are rewriting pop culture history. 00:00 Intro 1:06 The rise of “Nostalgia dealers” on Twitter 02:11 Why the X algorithm favors pop culture accounts 02:59 How “Nostalgia dealers” profit 07:08 How fake pop culture news gains traction 09:45 Stans, celeb PR, and pop culture accounts 11:42 How harmful a...
Why I'm leaving legacy media
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I'm excited to announce that I'm leaving legacy media to launch my new independent publication, User Magazine, on Substack, under which I will pursue the type of reporting on the internet that has become increasingly difficult to do in corporate media. SUBSCRIBE HERE: www.usermag.co 00:00 Intro 00:17 About User Magazine 00:55 My background in independent journalism 02:15 Gamergate 02:55 Creator...
Why every online store sells the same crappy products
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Anyone who has done online shopping lately may have noticed that they're experiencing deja vu. Amazon, AliExpress, WalMart, Temu, eBay, the TikTok shop, even Etsy all seem to be selling the exact same cheaply made products from China. How did this happen? Have we reached some sort of eCommerce singularity? And what does this say about the future of online shopping? Are we all doomed to have shi...
The business of scanning kids faces is booming
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Age verification technology is becoming increasingly commonplace as lawmakers seek to enact deeply concerning restrictions in the name of “child safety.” My WaPo colleague, reporter Drew Harwell, joins to discuss the threats to our freedom of speech, expression, and privacy this new software unlocks. 00:00 Intro 00:13 Why age verification tools are becoming more commonplace 00:55 The rise of ag...
Why is Instagram Reels so unhinged?
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You can spend hours carefully curating your algorithms on TikTok and UA-cam, But there’s one place where the algorithm doesn’t seem to care about what you want to see: Instagram Reels. Business Insider’s Katie Notopoulos joins me to dive deep into the strangest corners of IG Reels and unpack how the platform became the weirdest place on the internet. 00:00 Intro 00:15 The weird world of Instagr...
Brazil's ban on X is '9/11 for stan accounts'
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Elon Musk’s social media network X has been officially banned in Brazil. Internet culture reporter Ryan Broderick and I discuss stan culture, the impact Brazil has on the internet as we know it, and the effects of suddenly losing tens of millions of voices online. 00:00 Intro 00:50 How Elon’s feud with Brazil began 01:57 Brazil’s X ban is a huge loss for Elon 02:39 How Brazil’s X user’s differ ...
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Hacks gonna hack.
You won’t know his name in a few years. Besides that he is a maniac and hopefully gets kicked out of this country. He + Alex jones should share the same office space
Glenn used to be a great thinker. He's completely lost touch with reality.
Qanon: broke Blueanon: broke Lizard people: WOKE Agartha: BESPOKE Idk dude I just miss classic conspiracies
Trump won, ya'll! Life is about to improve for the vast majority of us!
I am reading her book now. Very eye-opening. I am beginning to understand what might have just happened to us. Artificial intelligence is going to make it much worse, and it seems. I haven't read the part about what to do about it all yet.
Bro. This is what happens with every “conspiracy theory”. You all tell us it’s not a big deal. And then 6 months later, it’s true.
Like, OMG……..😏
Your a snake
….no matter how upset over this you get you can’t change the fact that people who practice Judaism have historically used tunnels to escape prosecution, to deny they exist is to deny a big part of Jewish history. They are all over New York
Trump 2024♥️
Before ipad, kids, there were tv kids before that there were radio comic books One point in history, we used to burn books to protect children and society the older generation is always afraid of change and things you don't understand transhumanism for the win❤
You need professional help.
Absolutely, nobody cares. You got fired from your job. You didn’t leave legacy media. You’re definitely mentally unstable. We just laugh at you.
I've just read a very biased substack accusing people of sharing "conspiracy theories" about voter fraud via Starlink. In my opinion this isn't conveyed using objective reporting on events through a conduit without the writer's foregone conclusions. If events and speech are reported, the reader's conclusions would be similar to the writer's without presenting their conclusions in a complete picture.
Democracy dies in lorenz. Like OMG I'm totes not 40. I'm finally starting to realize now that you're an epic troll. And I can respect that. The fact that you're smirking and laughing during Glenn's WELL ARGUED take down of you proves that you're a troll with a sense of humor. @3:22 You have the same fiestiness and charisma of shannon Doherty's brenda walsh on 90210... Luke: "bren, remember when I told u i fooled around with a girl when u were in France. ...well. KELLY was the girl... " Brenda: how could u do this to me. I thought you were my friends. I hate u guys. Never talk to me again!"
Trump won :D best case scenario for all
I guess when your gig, to work for the Orwellian Ministry of Truth, doesn't work out, you have to find something to do. After that departure, going to the Washington Post was akin to leaving the Titanic to board the Lusitania. But I guess there will always be a woke audience for her reporting.
rizz and skibidi content
Remember when Taylor cried on TV like a child because of negative emails? lol grow up
Tiger woods wasn’t teaching us how to optimize and be a better human. He was Golfing. 8:54
It speaks to his character!!! 7:47 thank you for not allowing people to compartmentalize their identities. If he’s a cheater and a liar in one aspect of his life there’s bound to be spillover in the rest. He doesn’t isolates parts of himself for certain relationship. This is his actions speaking for themselves
This guys super weird, he's like a creepy camp counselor
This is logically presented and well-researched. Thank you.
When you call yourself a sigma thinking you are one step ahead of an alpha, but in reality you are an irrelevant kid, that is brainrot. Another example is when you think a lame kid show made by a gopnik is cool...
Great interview
Taylor this is awesome! Congrats and LET’S GOOOOO!
You’re sick for reaching out to Kellyanne Conway’s daughter when she was only like 14 years old. Sicko.
i needed to stay hip with todays terms im a 2011 baby i am gen z i am 360 noscoping these noobs
You’re a joke. You left because you knew you would soon be fired.
Hawk tuah gang
An NPD circus.
Not sure I agree with your origin of OK. Some say it came from greek Ola Kala which means good. The greek immigrants worked the docks and customs when they came to America.
i am sorry but this is insane, its not about sheltering kids from society and other world views, thats what they should be getting an education for btw, its about the fact that from the moment kids are able to walk you have this unnatural attatchment and dependency on technology, this shit has come on SO fast and SO ridiculously intense that NO ONE knows what it actually means. Sorry but the reaction of the older generation, (im not one of em btw, 26) is completely valid, You have no idea what being a kid in secondary school is like nowadays, if you dont have an active social media presence, you dont exist. You are only as real as your dependency on this technology that year by year the earlier you have it clearly reduces attention span and real life social skills. And also people seem to forget that phones ever existed without the internet. The only reason i've seen that holds any track is that a kid might be in an emergency or a harmful situation, guess what an old school nokia can still ring support lines and emergency services. And its like your saying that schools arent already supportive of everything lgbt, which they should be obviously. And guess what kids dont need to be politically active and shouldnt be, your brain fires off neurons twice as fast in adolescence which actually makes you more manipulative (this works for alt right and far left btw). Your source of politics at that age should be learned in a classroom, not a echo chamber social media feed, but yeah im sure the earlier you give a kid an extistential, attention depleting, dopamine draining brick, the better 🙄
You had sex with him
Taylor, are you going to cover the cyber attack on internet archives?
This conversation reminds me of drug use tbh. It’s like, a healthy person can do the same drugs as a depressed person and have very different results. The common denominator is the previously existing emotional stability of the user. Basically, this all comes back to how good is the parenting
Just realized Corporate bro looks like Alix Earle’s bf
Brasil , part time home to george sorros.
Salary transparency shout out yay!!!
I love all these short skits on social media satirizing how insane, artificial, and corrupt the working world is. Cool to see one of the real personalities behind it. Great interview! Him getting kicked off LinkedIn is yet another reason to hate that god-awful platform.
That explains why I avoid LinkedIn like the plague! Agreed it's still useful but my God, my feed is almost satirical
As a web dev I agree. I hate LinkedIn with passion.
Patrick Kelly is an influencer who use to work for Microsoft, and was big on the advancement of teams, and their UCaaS offerings. Now he works for Zoom. He is exactly who you and Corp were talking about as far as home grow influencers that leave for greener pastures. Great episode. Love Corp.
You are the worst type of media person on earth. Please go hide away in a cave.
Great peek into a world I knew nothing about. Exactly why I love this channel, it shows me things I would never normally know or look at!
loool. it's because they learn the truth or the opposite? x)
Great chemistry
I almost had loyalty to your brand, then clicked off
Come back! :)
Office Space (1999) will always be the cornerstone of corporate culture media
She exposed the Russian election interference. She saved us