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Read our reporting on adversarial fashion. We put the top anti-surveillance fashion to the test including Reflectacles, AntiAI Clothing, Yelo Pomelo, Cap_able Design, Oogaly, and RiotAssembly.
Amidst the current public health crisis, we’re being reminded of just how central the internet has become to our lives. It’s keeping us connected right now — to our friends, our families, our colleagues, our communities. It’s also a critical source of information for a public hungry for health information and a powerful collaboration platform for scientists tackling the spread of COVID19.
Read the essay on connection bloat by designer, artist & cyberethnographer Ruby Justice Thelot.
These days, instead of following your real friends online, you’re probably also following celebrities, brands, new outlets, and politicians. This causes connection bloat, the phenomenon whereby, over time, the number of people followed steadily increases. This, in turn, deteriorates the social experience of Instagram because the content becomes too diverse, too multifarious.
