Episode 549 • • 1:28:02 - 1:31:50
549: Associative Propaganda
Internet History, CompuServe, Hijacking Reality Shows
Adam Curry reminisces about the early days of the internet, including services like The Source and CompuServe. He describes how he used IRC to create alternative rating systems for MTV's top 20 countdown in the late 1980s. He suggests that modern audiences could use Twitter hashtags to "hijack" reality shows and beauty pageants by crowning their own winners.