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EPISODE · Sep 8, 2020 · 41 MIN

Is stealing wrong? (Or, The internet, Part 2)

from That's a Thing?! · host Karen Unland and Elizabeth Spencer

This episode will sort of make sense on its own, but it will be even more satisfying if you first listen to Part 1. Here are links to the things we mentioned: Steal Like an Artist For a refresher on praxis, listen to Episode 20 Examples of meme accounts and bots bringing one platform to another: @luigi_atthedisco — pretty personality-heavy and advertises infrequently or never @textpostgiant — a very commercial-seeming meme account on Instagram Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens — a Twitter meme account run by a person Am I the A**hole? — a Twitter Reddit-post account run by a mod me_irl — a Twitter Reddit-post account run by a bot (also a good example of reposting and cross-posting) Moldy Memes — a subreddit Jon wanted us to share The Lincoln Project is accused of stealing memes Beverley Theresa’s post about being on Twitter just to screenshot for Insta @_citizen_dane’s super-long Instagram captions about heritage buildings in Edmonton Definition of desire path Elizabeth has two poems in the Edmonton Youth Anthology, Volume 1, from Ink Movement. Here’s the book launch video (Elizabeth reads her poem at 12:18). Salute to Mack Male, my business partner at Taproot Publishing and a blogger since 2003! Many thanks to our sponsors: Unbelts — Use the offer code APN to get a free mini laundry bag with your cloth masks. Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta That's a Thing?! is a proud member of the Alberta Podcast Network — Locally grown. Community supported. You can subscribe to us in all the places, and most of them let you rate and review, too, which would be lovely. Questions? Comments? Email us at [email protected] or tweet at us: @thatsathingyeg. Do you want a That’s a Thing?! button? Send us your address by Twitter DM or email and we will send you one. Many thanks to Transistor for hosting our show Our theme music is Ragtime Dance by Scott Joplin.

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In this conclusion of a two-part series, Elizabeth explains how and why her generation makes desire paths around and between the walled gardens of the internet, and Karen marvels at the orality of an apparently literate form.

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