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Hipsters Under Control: The End of Subculture?

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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    Capitalism at its best.
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    “The Big Data collectors (Facebook, Amazon, Google, etc.) are so good at spotting the development of subcultures that...
  14. 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:
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    “The Big Data collectors (Facebook, Amazon, Google, etc.) are so good at spotting the development of subcultures that...
  16. yahighway reblogged this from npr and added:
    … whoa
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    eh #thisisaproblem
  19. kellzorz reblogged this from npr and added:
    creeeeepy
  20. feelingrambly reblogged this from npr and added:
    Remember…we love Big Brother.
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  22. yulgold reblogged this from npr and added:
    Uh oh. The end of hipsters?
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  28. supanovaesq reblogged this from npr and added:
    True
  29. disparateoddities reblogged this from npr and added:
    Hmm, maybe this will drive Hipsters off...Internet. Just think about, an internet...
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    “Hipsters might distinguish themselves from generic pop-culture aficionados by dropping references from Haruki Murakami...