Tag: propaganda

How to Be the Most-Watched Person in the Known Universe

As the Internet usage grows world-wide (outside of China) so does Youtube usage (because if you Google something Youtube pops up or you know, now, if you’re Gemini-ing something … you know: they’ll eventually have Youtube … or if you buy an Android phone, which most phones have as they’re operating system: Youtube’s there) … so like: everyone just, as you use the Internet, you end up on Youtube.

Jimmy Donaldson, Joe Rogan Experience [ www.joerogan.com ] #2527 “Mr. Beast” [2:28:03 – 2:28:20]

In other words: the 850 million people who now use the same platform seem to be overlooking the fact that “This is just a load of crap“.

If you don’t get any attention, you won’t be in business

Attention equals money — that this is a literal attention economy. People — it would be silly to think that these things don’t matter, because — if it is your industry — obviously if you don’t get any attention, you won’t be in business.

Attention equals money — this is a literal attention economy – Teaser News [ https://teaser.news.blog/2026/05/17/attention-equals-money-this-is-a-literal-attention-economy ]

All of Your Advice is Kind of Outdated for the Problems that I’m Going Through

[… but] there’s all of this context to explain it — and so hopefully it’s a book that gives some compassion to that [viewspective?]

“What the Internet Did to Girls – Freya India” (“Walk-Ins Welcome #388“) [ https://www.phetasy.com/p/walk-ins-welcome-388 ], ca. 2:12 – 2:48

See also my current ongoing series (roughly about the “business plan” of “social media”):

I think at the end of the day: that’s populism

Under populism the feeling is very strong that they work for us — and they answer to us. And with these mainstream administrations — whether it’s Obama, Biden, George W. Bush, … — it’s like: well, the wise men are running the government, so we need to sit by quietly and let them do their important work.

John Kiriakou , Joe Rogan Experience #2392 , 2:13:05 – 2:13:38 (image clipped @ 2:12:40)