15 pointsby Khaine6 hours ago1 comment
  • Neywiny4 hours ago
    I guess it depends on how we define culture. Certainly every community, be they a discord server or a twitch chat, has its own micro culture. Memes, references, trends, acronyms or phrases, and symbolism come to mind. I don't doubt that Bezos's power over Amazon over twitch could get some emoji they like banned. But I don't think that's as active a control a culture as I think the article implies. Bezos isn't personally producing a twitch stream the way Broadway producers would. Sundar Pichai doesn't mandate that the casting for a YouTube video isn't what he wants. To say they control culture feels disingenuous to the creators.

    Arguably you could say that in the days of the monarchy we only had 1 person, the king, controlling our culture. And I'm sure there's influence. But at least personally I've never heard anyone hold that viewpoint.

    • burnt-resistor3 hours ago
      "Culture" is misused in this context. It's really mindshare (influence) in the memetic landscape. Actual influencers rather than wannabes. The problem is they're "elected" and respected by a mob or by buying their soapbox, and so they're not particularly educated, wise, or conscientious and bring biases and agendas with them that might not be the most constructive.