You’re Thinking About Online Trends All Wrong
From pessimism around dating to AI reshaping culture, cyber-ethnographer Ruby J. Thelot tells WIRED why people are putting too much stock into things that go viral.
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Published: 12 August 2026
Source: Wired
Category: News
Topics: Military & security
Retrieved: 13 August 2026
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ethics.ai (12 August 2026), “You’re Thinking About Online Trends All Wrong,” evidence record 18742, https://ethics.ai/record/18742 (originally published by Wired).
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