Discord in the Dark Forest ft. Joshua Citarella
The Computer Room
English - July 13, 2022 21:06 - 1 hour - 60.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 73 ratingsRelationships Society & Culture Documentary media studies internet history internet culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Joshua Citarella is an artist and researcher whose work focuses on the fringe political groups developing in cyberspace. I love his work, partially because it’s a reminder to me that there’s more to Internet politics than the Dissident Right. In fact, talking to Joshua was good reminder in general of the vastness of cyberspace. For me, I always think of it through the lenses of Twitter, Tumblr, and TikTok. Certain podcasts. Journalists.
But there’s a whole other ecosystem on YouTube, Twitch, and Instagram.
It got me thinking about two things: Fans don’t always mean influence, and influence doesn’t always mean fans. Influence and fans don’t always mean you’ll be familiar with either group.
We talked about a lot, more than just the terrain of online life. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much I did.
Theme: The Robots by Kraftwork
Produced by Will Kraus