How fandom built the internet as we know it, with Kaitlyn Tiffany

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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The Verge is all about how technology make us feel. Our screens and our systems aren’t inert, or neutral – they create emotions, sometimes the strongest emotions anyone actually feels in their day to day lives. I’ve been thinking about that a lot ever since I read a new book called Everything I Need I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet by Kaitlyn Tiffany, who was a culture reporter at The Verge several years ago. The thesis of her book is that online fandom, specifically the hardcore fans of the British boy band One Direction, created much of the online culture we live in today on social platforms. And her bigger thesis is that fandom overall is a cultural and political force that can’t be ignored; it shapes elections, it drives cultural conversation, it can bring joy to people who feel lonely, and it can result in dramatic harassment campaigns when fans turn on someone. Links: Kaitlyn Tiffany Verge Archive One Direction Playlist Transcript: https://www.theverge.com/e/22930314 Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Today’s episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone and Jackie McDermott and it was edited by Callie Wright. The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:11.0	do their best work.
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0:13.7	Visit intel.com slash works best for details.
0:16.5	Results may vary.
0:17.5	Hello and welcome to Decoder.
0:25.2	I'm Neil Appetel, Editor in Chief of the Verge and Decoder is my show about big ideas.
0:29.9	So every now and again, I get asked to describe what the Verge is or to do a mission statement
0:36.9	or something like that.
0:38.8	And there's a million corporate riffs on this thing.
0:41.2	You can say that we're a tech site or we cover the future or whatever.
0:45.2	But what I always come back to is that the Verge is at its core about how technology makes
0:50.8	us feel.
0:51.8	Our screens and our systems aren't inert or neutral.
0:55.0	They create emotions.
0:57.2	Use the strongest emotions that anyone actually feels in their day-to-day lives.
1:02.3	I've been thinking about that a lot.
1:03.8	Ever since I read a new book called Everything I Need I Get From You, how fangirls created
1:08.6	the internet.
1:09.6	It's by Caitlin Tiffany, who was a culture reporter at the Verge several years ago.
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