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Content And Its Discontents

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If you’ve been watching Idea Channel for a bit you’ve maybe caught me intoning the popular, all purpose media label “content” as YARRR, ~CONTENT~ … like some sort of internet pirate. With a peg leg. Not a torrent client. The Pirate Voice isn’t a random choice, believe it or not, but before we talk about why pirate voice, I wanna clear up why I’m not a fan of using “content” to describe broad selections of media or culture. For me, saying “content” is like putting milk in coffee–I avoid it where possible because it makes me a little queasy, though I can appreciate that for some people it’s a WAY OF LIFE. For whatever reason - when someone describes themselves as a fan of someone else’s “content”, or when YouTube provides guidance on how to get “subscribers” to interact with your “content”. I bristle. So that’s what we’re going to talk about today. Let us know what you think in the comments below!


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