Instagram Face: The rise of selfie make-up and quest for hyper-perfection (2018)
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Re: Instagram Face: The rise of selfie make-up and quest for hyper-perfection (2018)
#12Because it's The New Yorker, there are no photos in the article. So if you're hoping to learn what "instagram face" actually looks like, you'll have to dig somewhere else.
I just stopped reading when I realized that. If your thesis is visual, you have to have visual evidence.
Re: Instagram Face: The rise of selfie make-up and quest for hyper-perfection (2018)
#13Because it's The New Yorker, there are no photos in the article. So if you're hoping to learn what "instagram face" actually looks like, you'll have to dig somewhere else.
I think they describe it pretty accurately. The idea here is that the face is fake and propped up and pretty identical between “top” users of instagram. That’s a bit worrying.
It may be worrying but it’s not new.
What we got from magazines in the 1980s and 1990s is found on Instagram and YouTube in 2020. Now, what’s fun is digging up an old magazine and making fun of it with some friends. You can occasionally find one on Imgur or the Internet Archive.
Re: Instagram Face: The rise of selfie make-up and quest for hyper-perfection (2018)
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is a completely different article.
Link is updated: https://beta.trimread.com/articles/768
I'm assuming by the account name that this is your site.
Off topic, but I'd love the ability to change the width of the text on your site. Just a "wide", "medium", "narrow" option or something similar. Personally, I find that 1100px is a bit wide for reading.
Re: Instagram Face: The rise of selfie make-up and quest for hyper-perfection (2018)
#15Because it's The New Yorker, there are no photos in the article. So if you're hoping to learn what "instagram face" actually looks like, you'll have to dig somewhere else.
I just stopped reading when I realized that. If your thesis is visual, you have to have visual evidence.
Just image search Kylie Jenner for reference. The verbal description is accurate.
Re: Instagram Face: The rise of selfie make-up and quest for hyper-perfection (2018)
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think they describe it pretty accurately. The idea here is that the face is fake and propped up and pretty identical between “top” users of instagram. That’s a bit worrying.
It may be worrying but it’s not new. What we got from magazines in the 1980s and 1990s is found on Instagram and YouTube in 2020. Now, what’s fun is digging up an old magazine and making fun of it with some friends. You can occasionally find one on Imgur or the Internet Archive.
It doesn't seem like you read the article, which is about two specific technologies which did not exist in the 80's and 90's.
Re: Instagram Face: The rise of selfie make-up and quest for hyper-perfection (2018)
#17Here's a no JavaScript version of the article that reduces the page size by 99% - from 3.15 MB to 33 KB: https://beta.trimread.com/articles/768
If this site starts getting any traction, you're going to get destroyed by lawyers and copyright infringement claims, so I hope you're prepared for that. outline.com does basically the same thing, but they've had to exclude most of the major sites from working through it now.
Outline even seems to make it difficult to find any way to identify/contact them, but it only took me a couple of minutes to find the identity and location (inside the US = easy target) of who's behind Trim. Seriously, talk to an IP lawyer before you continue trying to promote this. You can't just copy other people's writing onto your own site.
Re: Instagram Face: The rise of selfie make-up and quest for hyper-perfection (2018)
#18Because it's The New Yorker, there are no photos in the article. So if you're hoping to learn what "instagram face" actually looks like, you'll have to dig somewhere else.
You can go to any of the accounts of the people they mention in the piece. Even better examples can be found if you go to the accounts of anyone commenting on the aforementioned accounts.
Re: Instagram Face: The rise of selfie make-up and quest for hyper-perfection (2018)
#19Here's a no JavaScript version of the article that reduces the page size by 99% - from 3.15 MB to 33 KB: https://beta.trimread.com/articles/768
I like the concept, but in this case i'd rather load an extra 3.1MB to get the New Yorker's typesetting. 120 characters per line and a short line height does not make for a great reading experience.
Indeed, a small amount of css would go a long way here.
Re: Instagram Face: The rise of selfie make-up and quest for hyper-perfection (2018)
#20https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus
The concept in comic form: https://www.sparringmind.com/supernormal-stimuli/