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The algorithm is gonna get ya

How to go viral in the creator economy (IG, TikTok, Clubhouse, etc.) and why it may be dangerous for the arts. Also: Robinhood, Bezos, and Separated at Birth.

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Matt Ruby
Feb 03, 2021
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The algorithm is gonna get ya

In the aughts, I was a web designer. See, back then, people actually used web sites. Crazy, eh? There was no Squarespace so you hired a designer to make your site since it involved knowing HTML, Photoshop, and using invisible pixels to stretch table rows. Sites were limited but interesting graphically. Since I enjoyed creati…

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