Podcast HackYou're Wrong About: Influencers By You're Wrong About, Sarah Marshall, Taylor Lorenz
In a Nutshell
In this December 2023 episode of Sarah Marshall's You're Wrong About podcast, author Taylor Lorenz talks about internet history and the influencer economy.
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Favorite Quote
The nature of social platforms is that they are very ephemeral – a lot of them facilitate a type of connection that's relevant at that time and quickly becomes stale or normalized, and we move on to the next thing.
Taylor Lorenz
Introduction
In a post-pandemic world, it's hard to imagine we were ever able to get by without social media.
As all-encompassing as it seems, social media has been around for just over two decades, and it's still being shaped and redefined as more people and platforms join in.
Hosted by journalist Sarah Marshall, You're Wrong About is a history and pop culture podcast that explores misunderstood phenomena, people, and events.
In this episode from December 2023, American journalist and author of Extremely Online, Taylor Lorenz, talks about the birth of social media and the role of influencers in our online landscape.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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