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Deepak-Atim Somaji-Sawant
Deepak-Atim Somaji-Sawant

The document presents mythological origin stories for several social media platforms: - Twitter is a magical bird trapped in the website by a jealous god, and will one day be freed. - Tumblr is described as a bottomless pit or reservoir that feeds content to the rest of the internet. - Facebook profiles are said to be immortal entities that can exist without physical bodies. - Pinterest was created by four yelling gods. - Snapchat began as an attempt to make an infinite void more interesting by creating disappearing content.

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Twitter: Twit ter is a beautiful, magical bird trapped in the body of a Web site by a jealous underworld demigod. The billion billionth time that Twitter is refreshed,the bird will return to her original form and ascend to the sky, borne aloft by a billionbillion joules of subtweets.
Social-media creation myths .
She will then fly back to her nest and roost, for she has been deprived of contact with her egg for eleven years. In a cruel symbolic gesture, “egg” icons on Twitter long stood for absence or anonymity. The “faceless man” icon that recently replaced the egg is further cruelty, symbolicof not doing anything about a toxic user base.
Tumblr: Tum blr is a bottomless pit, neither good nor evil. In one version of the myth, Tumblris a reservoir of original unfinished creation. The rest of the Internet is irrigated by rivers and streams of human attention that flow from Tumblr.
Social-media creation myths .
Some chthonic texts written during the early-to-mid aughts characterize Tumblras a portal to the underworld. On the upside, the realm contains an archive of excellent artsy porn madeby four young Australians who share the account onlinecutie. Facebook: In a terms-and- conditions page recovered and translated in 2011, an
encrypted sub- footnote characterizes each Facebook profile as an immortal, non-corporeal entity, transcending what many Western and Eastern mythologies identify as the metaphysical self. close dialog To get more of the latest stories from The New Yorker,
Social-media creation myths .
In some variants of the myth, that profile is given a higher spiritual value than the life of its owner. Some obscure texts on the subject contain anecdotes of individuals whosesouls have ascended to Heaven after their Facebook profiles, only to find their spots already occupied. Pinterest: Pi nterest, according to one Sumerian
ur-narrative, was created by a clique of four disconsolate, yelling gods whosevoices have been likened by modern scholars to that of Billy Eichner.
Social-media creation myths .
Snapchat: O ne recorded history of Snapchat’s origins describes “a void whose voidness was not fun enough.” Several demigodswho usually resented collaboration but decided to go with it this one time came up with a solution: instead of just a plain, vanilla void, an infinite stream of meaning- objects would be infinitely
created and extinguished.
Social-media creation myths .
The demigods decided that this would be much more interesting— with the entire world as audience,this procession would make the deep, same-y void less same-y, more different-y. And would lose a bunch of money in the process. ………………………………………………… …..

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Social-media creation myths .

  • 1. Twitter: Twit ter is a beautiful, magical bird trapped in the body of a Web site by a jealous underworld demigod. The billion billionth time that Twitter is refreshed,the bird will return to her original form and ascend to the sky, borne aloft by a billionbillion joules of subtweets.
  • 3. She will then fly back to her nest and roost, for she has been deprived of contact with her egg for eleven years. In a cruel symbolic gesture, “egg” icons on Twitter long stood for absence or anonymity. The “faceless man” icon that recently replaced the egg is further cruelty, symbolicof not doing anything about a toxic user base.
  • 4. Tumblr: Tum blr is a bottomless pit, neither good nor evil. In one version of the myth, Tumblris a reservoir of original unfinished creation. The rest of the Internet is irrigated by rivers and streams of human attention that flow from Tumblr.
  • 6. Some chthonic texts written during the early-to-mid aughts characterize Tumblras a portal to the underworld. On the upside, the realm contains an archive of excellent artsy porn madeby four young Australians who share the account onlinecutie. Facebook: In a terms-and- conditions page recovered and translated in 2011, an
  • 7. encrypted sub- footnote characterizes each Facebook profile as an immortal, non-corporeal entity, transcending what many Western and Eastern mythologies identify as the metaphysical self. close dialog To get more of the latest stories from The New Yorker,
  • 9. In some variants of the myth, that profile is given a higher spiritual value than the life of its owner. Some obscure texts on the subject contain anecdotes of individuals whosesouls have ascended to Heaven after their Facebook profiles, only to find their spots already occupied. Pinterest: Pi nterest, according to one Sumerian
  • 10. ur-narrative, was created by a clique of four disconsolate, yelling gods whosevoices have been likened by modern scholars to that of Billy Eichner.
  • 12. Snapchat: O ne recorded history of Snapchat’s origins describes “a void whose voidness was not fun enough.” Several demigodswho usually resented collaboration but decided to go with it this one time came up with a solution: instead of just a plain, vanilla void, an infinite stream of meaning- objects would be infinitely
  • 15. The demigods decided that this would be much more interesting— with the entire world as audience,this procession would make the deep, same-y void less same-y, more different-y. And would lose a bunch of money in the process. ………………………………………………… …..