Before you start making things up in your mind, I will have to disappoint you: no, Putin did not teach me Russian himself. I am referring...
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What I’ve noticed in our generation and its relation to media consumption is that even when we’re busy doing one task, we like to consume some...
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Today I read a news article about Dutch influencer Donny Roelvink who apologized for recommending a cosmetic medical procedure. He had had porcelain plates added to...
Continue reading...The end of the 2000-2010s vlogging era
After a day of classes and studying in high school there was nothing I enjoyed more than coming home and watching YouTube. More specifically, checking what...
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I will admit, I downloaded TikTok at the beginning of the pandemic in an attempt to mindlessly entertain myself – and it worked pretty well. One...
Continue reading...Reaction channels on Youtube, their popularity and controversies
The popularity of reaction channels on Youtube is high, and has been for several years. I myself follow quite a lot of reaction channels. A simple...
Continue reading...Pipelines and rabbit holes: Falling prey to algorithms
I was fully prepared to make my next blog post about Minecraft – I had a whole idea prepared and everything. But then, while having a...
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What is Dungeons and Dragons? Dungeons and Dragons, or D&D for short, is a tabletop RPG where the core is storytelling and the goal is having...
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It Wednesday December 1 and I open Instagram and see a story that fills me with so much joy and excitement. It is a story that...
Continue reading...“Social Media makes people think their opinion matter too much”
I don’t remember exactly when it was, or who exactly said it, but I once heard someone say that the problem with this generation is that...
Continue reading...Fast fashion and influencers: social media made me buy it!
As Black Friday is approaching and has increased in popularity in The Netherlands, I thought it would be interesting to write about the impact of social...
Continue reading...Youtube fitness content, how it kept me more motivated to keep exercising.
I’ve had multiple subscriptions to multiple gyms, but after a few months I just had no motivation to continue going. I was either too busy or...
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After playing the Amazon race, which highlighted Amazon’s poor employee code of conduct and ethics, I was inspired to write my blog about a similar case...
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The transphobia pipeline – TikTok’s algorithm and harmful content
I was scrolling through TikTok, as I usually do, and sometimes you can come across actually insightful and interesting content. One of those videos came on...
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Internet Apocalypse: What the Facebook Outage Tells Us About Our Dependency of Social Media
Picture this: Whatsapp messages are not getting through, Instagram feeds are not loading, Wifi routers are being turned on and off again all around the world,...
Continue reading...YouTube’s Video Essays: lazy, yet educational afternoons
Since the first Covid-19 lockdown, my screen time has gone up significantly. At that time, I was still in high school and learned my final exams...
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How watching vlogs has helped me navigate Dubai International Airport
In December 2019, I had to travel to the Philippines by myself because I had final exams, and could not fly with my family so I...
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