Everything happens so much
June 28, 2022 12:53 AM Subscribe
Ten years ago today, the Twitter account @horse_ebooks tweeted "Everything happens so much". 2016: Present Tense Journal - "The Moral Act of Attributing Agency to Nonhumans: What Can Horse ebooks tell us about Rhetorical Agency?" 2014: Pitchfork - "the strange fatigue of digital life..." 2013: Medium - "Happy third birthday, @Horse_ebooks!." Previously on MetaFilter: Sep '11, Jan '12, Feb '12, Apr '12, Feb '13, Aug '13. Also previously: (23 July 2013) Something is going to happen in 77 days and (24 September 2013) Something is going to happen ... tomorrow (thread contains reveal point, much MeFite arguing, and reactions -ve and +ve).
By Kaitlyn Tiffany in The Atlantic: The 10-Year-Old Tweet That Still Defines the Internet.
posted by Wordshore at 6:09 AM on June 28, 2022
posted by Wordshore at 6:09 AM on June 28, 2022
And it allegedly used a primitive algorithm, even more primitive than Markov chains. It was also human-curated, though the same goes for many of the modern AI-powered monkey-navigated shit-posting Dril-bots.
posted by credulous at 10:09 AM on June 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by credulous at 10:09 AM on June 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
I have a lot of favorite horse_ebooks tweets, but this is the one I find myself quoting the most, even if it was by that liar account destroyer.
posted by one for the books at 11:59 PM on June 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by one for the books at 11:59 PM on June 28, 2022 [2 favorites]
@horse_ebooks was one of those accounts I didn't need to follow because a lot of poeple I followed would retweet the good stuff anyway. I didn't realize they stopped posting, but the sellout is kind of hilarious. Acquisition ruins the thing being acquired once again!
I think @dasharez0ne has gone through some changes as well, probably around (checks wikipedia) the time that the card game came out (2018). I never knew about the card game, but I did notice a distinct drop in hilarity and I don't think I suddenly got more mature.
posted by rhizome at 6:24 PM on June 29, 2022
I think @dasharez0ne has gone through some changes as well, probably around (checks wikipedia) the time that the card game came out (2018). I never knew about the card game, but I did notice a distinct drop in hilarity and I don't think I suddenly got more mature.
posted by rhizome at 6:24 PM on June 29, 2022
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posted by Reasonably Everything Happens at 5:36 AM on June 28, 2022 [3 favorites]