Internet Safari, Lévi-Strauss Goes Digital

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What are the flora and fauna native to the internet? Who are the groups and characters you may encounter? What are the dangers?

 

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Anime profile pics
Forums with an n word culture
Boomer confessional posts in the public comment section

 

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Packs of 70% male nerds and 30% trans women

 

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The Wattpad/FanFiction author.
The DeviantArtist.

 

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The porn star reply guy
The filmed death

 

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The Parapolitical Tweeter.

 

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The mutual aid request

 

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The mutual aid request

"My toxic landlord... "

 

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"My toxic landlord... "

I saw one the other day that said they were a person with adhd, cptsd, '*and etc*' lmao

 

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Those conservative guys with Greek statue profile pics.

 

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The Twitch Streamer.
The Influencer Mum.
The Podcast Bro.

 

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The person so closeted they become autistic

 

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The lister
The pdf hoarder
The hyper niche historian

 

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There's a particular kind of YouTuber, think Mr. Beast or KSI, who doesn't really do anything in particular. They're just a brand that jumps from thing to thing.

 

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Mr beast is our future president

 

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Mr beast is our future president

Not my president.

 

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The Masculine Insta Guru.
The Substack Nazi.

 

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There are the various types of non-human user too. The dreaded bots. You get those ones that just spam garbled sequences of porn categories or links to competitions to win sunglasses.

 

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The Motivational Quoter.
The Nextdoor/Local Facebook Group Psycho.

 

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The Amateur Geopolitical Analyst.
The Combat Footage Guy.
The Crypto Guy.
The Chiraqologist.
The ASMRtist.