The Persistent Patterns of Media Consumption

Meet the old feed.

Same as the new feed.

Back in the day, after your dose of comix entertainment, you’d see a barrage of ads like this. After you read about the heroes you aren’t and the lives you don’t have come the gimmicks sold by promises pegged to whatever perceived shortcomings you might fear.

Sound familiar?

Scroll down for a few minutes, and then come back to let me know what’s different.

There isn’t some magical, marvelous new opportunity. It’s the same old trick of stimulating and exploiting status anxiety. 

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