Marcus Bösch
@boesch.bsky.social
Researcher & Consultant. Exploring Postdigital Propaganda, AI Slop & TikTok Tactics. Free Newsletter http://understanding-tiktok.com 🦑
If it's no trouble, I would love to see it all techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/t...
TikTok will let you choose how much AI-generated content you want to see | TechCrunch
With the new AI-generated content control, users who want to see less of this sort of content can dial things down, while those who enjoy it can choose to see more of it.
techcrunch.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If it's no trouble, I would love to see it all techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/t...
None of these people exist, but that hasn’t stopped them from posting profusely on TikTok www.conspirator0.com/p/one-ai-gen...
One AI-generated human race
None of these people exist, but that hasn’t stopped them from posting profusely on TikTok
www.conspirator0.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
None of these people exist, but that hasn’t stopped them from posting profusely on TikTok www.conspirator0.com/p/one-ai-gen...
www.8ball.report/p/the-great-... I have a different take here, but the expression „top down slop“ is nice
the great meme reset of 2026
things right now 55—week of 11.17.25
www.8ball.report
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
www.8ball.report/p/the-great-... I have a different take here, but the expression „top down slop“ is nice
Given the current speed of meme hype cycles: Will anyone remember the great meme reset by January 1, 2026?
From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
The ‘Great Meme Reset’ Is Coming
From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot?
www.wired.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Given the current speed of meme hype cycles: Will anyone remember the great meme reset by January 1, 2026?
The status quo of political communication in 2025: rapid fire meme shitposting ca.news.yahoo.com/gavin-newsom...
Gavin Newsom Roasts ‘Piggy’ Trump in Flurry of AI-Generated Memes After President Lashes Out at Female Journalist
Sharing a photo of the president and Jeffrey Epstein to his X account, the California governor simply wrote: "Piggies."
ca.news.yahoo.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The status quo of political communication in 2025: rapid fire meme shitposting ca.news.yahoo.com/gavin-newsom...
Platform reveals it hosts more than 1bn AI videos and i have only seen 1 million so far
TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
TikTok to give users power to reduce amount of AI content on their feeds
Platform reveals it hosts more than 1bn AI videos as it starts testing over next few weeks before global rollout
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Platform reveals it hosts more than 1bn AI videos and i have only seen 1 million so far
Generative AI and Disinformation ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
Vol. 19 (2025)
| International Journal of Communication
ijoc.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Generative AI and Disinformation ijoc.org/index.php/ij...
Even the lawmakers behind the TikTok ban have no idea what’s going on www.theverge.com/policy/82216...
Even the lawmakers behind the TikTok ban have no idea what’s going on
TikTok was supposed to be banned from the US 10 months ago.
www.theverge.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Even the lawmakers behind the TikTok ban have no idea what’s going on www.theverge.com/policy/82216...
TikToks Church Testing made it to the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/b...
The Viral TikToks Testing Churches
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
TikToks Church Testing made it to the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/b...
TikTok’s Great Meme Reset Of 2026
www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...
www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...
TikTok’s ‘Great Meme Reset Of 2026,’ Explained
TikTokers believe that today’s memes have grown stale, proposing that the internet turn back the clock—here’s the Great Meme Reset, explained.
www.forbes.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
TikTok’s Great Meme Reset Of 2026
www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...
www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...
It’s Cool to Have No Followers Now www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
It’s Cool to Have No Followers Now
As social media has become older, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence, flouting online popularity has gained a new cachet.
www.newyorker.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
It’s Cool to Have No Followers Now www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
Reposted by Marcus Bösch
📣 Das Social Media Observatory am @bredowinstitut.bsky.social und @fgz-risc.bsky.social lädt zum TikTok Starter Workshop ein!
🗓 Wann? 2.12. 13:00 - 3.12. 14:00 Uhr
🌐 Wo? Online (Zoom)
👨💻 mit @boesch.bsky.social, @julianhohner.bsky.social & @lionw.bsky.social
Infos 👉 leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-events/t...
🗓 Wann? 2.12. 13:00 - 3.12. 14:00 Uhr
🌐 Wo? Online (Zoom)
👨💻 mit @boesch.bsky.social, @julianhohner.bsky.social & @lionw.bsky.social
Infos 👉 leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-events/t...
TikTok Starter Workshop
Das Social Media Observatory (SMO) des Hamburger Standorts des Forschungsinstituts Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt (FGZ) veranstaltet einen Starter Workshop zum Thema TikTok. Der Workshop findet onlin...
leibniz-hbi.de
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
📣 Das Social Media Observatory am @bredowinstitut.bsky.social und @fgz-risc.bsky.social lädt zum TikTok Starter Workshop ein!
🗓 Wann? 2.12. 13:00 - 3.12. 14:00 Uhr
🌐 Wo? Online (Zoom)
👨💻 mit @boesch.bsky.social, @julianhohner.bsky.social & @lionw.bsky.social
Infos 👉 leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-events/t...
🗓 Wann? 2.12. 13:00 - 3.12. 14:00 Uhr
🌐 Wo? Online (Zoom)
👨💻 mit @boesch.bsky.social, @julianhohner.bsky.social & @lionw.bsky.social
Infos 👉 leibniz-hbi.de/hbi-events/t...
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Nostalgia humans vs. slop robots: Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned futurism.com/future-socie...
Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned
Twitter co-founder and blockchain evangelist Jack Dorsey has revived the six-second video platform, Vine — well, sort of.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Nostalgia humans vs. slop robots: Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned futurism.com/future-socie...
Do public controversies about AI matter? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
On the controversiality of AI: The controversy is not the situation - Noortje Marres, Christian Katzenbach, Anders Kristian Munk, Anna Jobin, 2025
Do public controversies about AI matter? Can they really make a difference to how AI is taken up or imposed on society? This introduction to the Special Issue o...
journals.sagepub.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Do public controversies about AI matter? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
...whirled out of my private feedback loop into some larger, untraceable orbit. robhorning.substack.com/p/the-songs-...
The songs remain the same
Into the universe of posthistorical music
robhorning.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
...whirled out of my private feedback loop into some larger, untraceable orbit. robhorning.substack.com/p/the-songs-...
𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕃𝕠𝕣𝕖 – "If deepfakes are about deception, deep lore is about affective world-building – an emotional atmospheres that shape how people interpret reality" argues @zeaszebeni.bsky.social peripheralpolitics.substack.com/p/are-deepfa...
Are deepfakes a distraction?
How AI disinformation works through lore-building, not deception
peripheralpolitics.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕃𝕠𝕣𝕖 – "If deepfakes are about deception, deep lore is about affective world-building – an emotional atmospheres that shape how people interpret reality" argues @zeaszebeni.bsky.social peripheralpolitics.substack.com/p/are-deepfa...
Nick Land is "back" spikeartmagazine.com/articles/use...
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Nick Land is "back" spikeartmagazine.com/articles/use...
Charli XCX + John Cale itscharlibb.substack.com/p/running-on...
Running on the spot in a dream.
This feels good right now...
itscharlibb.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Charli XCX + John Cale itscharlibb.substack.com/p/running-on...
Can Sydney Sweeney survive leaning into becoming an avatar for the culture war? Why is every viral moment now a referendum on politics? www.usermag.co/p/how-sydney...
How Sydney Sweeney Lost The Culture War
+ Certified Bangers, the Great Yassification, Nike’s non-binary furry, UES mama meltdown, the forehead kiss of doom and despair, human safari hunting trips, and the secret radical history of Santacon
www.usermag.co
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Can Sydney Sweeney survive leaning into becoming an avatar for the culture war? Why is every viral moment now a referendum on politics? www.usermag.co/p/how-sydney...
"Younger creatives are responding with discipline, not panic. Many are adding 'prompt practice' to their daily routines" www.creativebloq.com/ai/gen-z-is-...
Gen Z’s AI obsession is changing design faster than anyone expected
New survey reveals who's really using AI for art.
www.creativebloq.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"Younger creatives are responding with discipline, not panic. Many are adding 'prompt practice' to their daily routines" www.creativebloq.com/ai/gen-z-is-...
"Marcus is quite a conversationalist and his research (soon to drop) is important." Oh, thx. sic.substack.com/p/sic-371-gi...
[SIC] 371: Giant Grime
Vol 8, No. 11. Tiktok Researcher Marcus Bösch on HIP REPLACEMENT, a little help from my friends, linkies
sic.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
"Marcus is quite a conversationalist and his research (soon to drop) is important." Oh, thx. sic.substack.com/p/sic-371-gi...
I'm finally giving a seminar on memes. And I'm already very happy with my reference slide
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I'm finally giving a seminar on memes. And I'm already very happy with my reference slide