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ICYMI - TikTok Isn’t For Creators Anymore

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4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton is joined by journalist and author Cory Doctorow to discuss his latest piece, “The Enshittification of TikTok,” in Wired. They talk about the life cycles of online platforms, why nobody on the platforms have any understanding of the rules of the game, and why we’re in dire need of better regulations.


This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario.


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0:00.0

Is it just me or is anyone else super fucking?

0:10.0

Or did you talk like me?

0:12.0

Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to ICYMI.

0:17.0

In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.

0:21.0

Hello, hello, my beautiful little pair of social friends.

0:25.0

Congratulations on making it through another week.

0:28.0

God bless all of us.

0:30.0

I hope you all have some enriching plans for this weekend,

0:33.0

because me personally, I'm in the seventh ring of hell,

0:36.0

moving apartments, because New York housing is what it is.

0:40.0

So please send any good moving vibes,

0:43.0

y'all have for me and my roommate and poor Masha,

0:46.0

a cat who is going to be going through it this weekend.

0:52.0

But this show is not about me or Masha,

0:56.0

well it kind of is.

0:57.0

It's definitely not about Masha, but it's kind of about me.

0:59.0

But today's episode is definitely not about me,

1:03.0

though it did start with one of those age old questions

1:06.0

that comes to me late at night.

1:07.0

And that question is, the internet's getting worse, right?

1:11.0

Not to be all like, back in my day,

1:14.0

we walked uphill, built ways and snow for four miles to get to school.

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