The internet, explained by Taylor Lorenz

Channels with Peter Kafka

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Technology, Tv & Film, Business News, News

4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) is the person who told you what “cheugy” means, what a “content house” is, and basically anything else you want to know about young people, the social media they use, and the people who make that media. Now the Washington Post journalist has a book out explaining all of this: “Extremely Online”, which is a history of social media told from the POV of the influencers/creators who made social media work. She talks to Vox’s Peter Kafka about the often contentious relationship between creators and platforms, how even Mr. Beast lives and dies by the algorithm, and how “don’t feed the trolls” is actually terrible advice. Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:10.4	taylor loren, who has spent years
1:12.3	explaining how social media works to readers of outlets like The Atlantic, The New York Times,
1:16.8	The Washington Post, also recode media listeners on. Taylor's been on a couple times. Now Taylor
1:21.8	has written a book about all this. It's called Extremely Online, The Untold Story of Fame,
1:26.6	influence, and Power on the Internet.
1:28.9	Welcome, Taylor.
1:30.1	Thank you so much for having me.
1:31.4	We're delighted to have you.
1:32.5	Like I said, you've been explaining this stuff to our listeners since 2019 back when you
1:36.8	were on the Atlantic.
1:38.0	Everyone has read your stuff, even if they don't know they're reading your stuff, because
1:41.7	you're the person who explains what Chugi is or what the kids are doing
1:45.2	on TikTok. Why write a book and a book on paper in 2023 when you've been telling us about this
1:53.4	stuff for for years online and I know you've got a TikTok, et cetera. What is the point of a book in
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