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Jun 25

Hipsters Under Control: The End of Subculture?

“The Big Data collectors (Facebook, Amazon, Google, etc.) are so good at spotting the development of subcultures that soon, Venkat says, they will be creating and controlling them for their own (or their clients) market exploitation.”

Capitalism at its best

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One word: iphone
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Just make sure you throw in enuF “hip-hop”
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Capitalism at its best.
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“The Big Data collectors (Facebook, Amazon, Google, etc.) are so good at spotting the development of subcultures that...
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I don’t really want to read this right now because that single quote makes me feel like this:
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“The Big Data collectors (Facebook, Amazon, Google, etc.) are so good at spotting the development of subcultures that...
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… whoa
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eh #thisisaproblem
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creeeeepy
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Remember…we love Big Brother.
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Uh oh. The end of hipsters?
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True
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Hmm, maybe this will drive Hipsters off...Internet. Just think about, an internet...
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“Hipsters might distinguish themselves from generic pop-culture aficionados by dropping references from Haruki Murakami...
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