Hipsters Under Control: The End of Subculture?

yikes!

npr:

“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.”

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  9. 13brokenteeth reblogged this from npr and added:
    One word: iphone
  10. cosmophage reblogged this from npr and added:
    Just make sure you throw in enuF “hip-hop”
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  12. cassiescupoftea reblogged this from npr and added:
    Capitalism at its best.
  13. democracyoftouch reblogged this from npr and added:
    I don’t really want to read this right now because that single quote makes me feel like this:
  14. yahighway reblogged this from npr and added:
    … whoa
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  16. exploreandiscover reblogged this from npr and added:
    eh #thisisaproblem
  17. kellzorz reblogged this from npr and added:
    creeeeepy
  18. feelingrambly reblogged this from npr and added:
    Remember…we love Big Brother.
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  20. yulgold reblogged this from npr and added:
    Uh oh. The end of hipsters?
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  26. supanovaesq reblogged this from npr and added:
    True
  27. disparateoddities reblogged this from npr and added:
    Hmm, maybe this will drive Hipsters off...Internet. Just think about, an internet...
  28. underdormanttrees reblogged this from cxrli and added:
    “Hipsters might distinguish themselves from generic pop-culture aficionados by dropping references from Haruki Murakami...
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