ICYMI: Max Read on Gawker, “Sculder” Fanfiction, and Slack Rules

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🗓️ 30 November 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Candice Lim is joined by Read Max writer Max Read, whose Substack hit a new high this year when he coined the term “Zynternet” and its connection to “Hawk Tuah girl.” Prior to Substack, Read was the editor-in-chief of Gawker, and on today’s episode, he speaks about the stories he regrets publishing, his relationship with The X-Files fandoms, and his golden rules for engaging online. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario and Candice Lim, with production assistance from Alexandra Botti and Kat Hong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was real.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were liars.
0:07.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We Will Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video. Hey, I'm Candace Lim, and you're listening to I-C-Y-M-I-M-I.
0:46.3	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:50.3	And joining me on today's episode is the journalist and writer behind the substack, Reed Max.
0:56.3	It's Max Reed. Hello, Max.
0:58.3	Hi, Candice. How you doing?
0:59.7	I am so good, Max. Welcome to ICYMI. It is your first time here, so I'd love to ask,
1:05.6	what's your first internet memory? I think the honest answer is probably in third or fourth grade. Our teacher had us all
1:13.3	gather around the computer and he signed into CompuServe and showed us CompuServe. And I remember being like,
1:20.6	why don't I have this at my home? And we got in OL like a couple years later, I think, but I have this
1:26.9	really distinct memory of being in school and watching all the things you could do on CompuServe.
1:32.6	Yeah. No, it's interesting. My third grade teacher, he also was the person who kind of like ushered our class into computers and internets for the first time. I want to be very clear about something, though. The reason he did it was because he wanted
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