Chaos & Amazement #2443 Video Clippers, Canva’s Dream Lab, and Dustin Poynter’s Green Flags
Welcome to this week's wild ride through the digital landscape, where Reddit cashes in, video clippers rewrite rules, and an unlikely hero waves a big green flag.
Tech News
19 years after it got founded, community-driven UGC website Reddit just turned a profit for the first time! After years of losses, the platform now has 97.2 million daily users and saw a huge jump in revenue. This comes mainly thanks to deals with tech giants like Google and OpenAI to use Reddit data for AI training. https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/29/24283056/reddit-earnings-user-growth-revenue-up
Video clippers who watch & share key moments from campaign events are shaping the 2024 U.S. election. Both Harris & Trump campaigns use them, but independent clippers working from home often have the biggest impact on news cycles & public opinion. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/28/media/election-social-media-video-clips-viral
Is online work leading to more rude behavior in meetings? Meeting etiquette seems to be shifting, with more lateness, distractions, and outright rudeness—both in video calls and in-person. https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/pov-is-working-online-causing-a-rise-in-rudeness-insights-digital-211024
Fresh AI
After integrations with StableDiffusion and then DALL-E, graphic design platform Canva has now launched new, separate AI image generator called Dream Lab. It offers a more advanced experience with features like generating multiple image variations in different styles, using existing images as references, and creating complex scenes. https://www.canva.com/help/generate-with-dreamlab/
From my blog
A Tiny Hero: Kate Bush's Anti-War Message https://bnox.be/2024/10/a-tiny-hero-kate-bushs-anti-war-message.html
Weird and Wonderful
Your mission is to annihilate every annoying cookie banner that dares to invade your screen—no cookie banners will survive this purge!
Chef wearing a GoPro in a Top London Restaurant; ”Don’t touch my grill”
Dafuq did I just watch. That intro goes on forever! Too Many Cooks | Adult Swim
Dustin Poynter is a 32-year-old man who runs through a public park with gigantic flags. Here’s a recent compilation: Videos That Exposed Partners As Green Flags
I was not ready for this. No one is ready for this.