What podcasts say about Adam Aleksic
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What Adam Aleksic has said on podcasts
48 statements · 9 positive · 21 negative · 3 mixed · 15 neutral
Clip farming will become the future of online distribution.
“it is a realization that clip farming is the future of distribution online.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 0:55
The absurdity of “6 7” constitutes its meaning.
“The absurdity of the word is its own definition.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 1:26
Oxford’s word-of-the-year choice was intended to provoke controversy.
“They're hoping that it sparks controversy.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 1:43
Words themselves are not inherently good or bad.
“There's nothing inherently in a word that's good or bad.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 2:17
Algorithmic trends are accelerating modern slang cycles.
“algorithmic trends being perpetuated that push modern slang cycles faster than ever before.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 3:20
Different platforms foster distinct linguistic cultures and dialects.
“a platform functions kind of like a house. It is a place where you go to use a certain type of language.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 3:53
Language use signals membership in a social cohort.
“Language is a tool of identity, and when you use a word, you are signaling that you're part of this cohort.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 5:29
The linguistic founder effect makes later speakers imitate earlier influential speakers.
“there's this thing called the linguistic founder effect, where you kind of follow in the footsteps of people who came before you linguistically.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 6:52
Influencer accents are optimized to perform well in recommendation algorithms.
“the accent is optimized for the algorithm.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 7:31
Uptalk helps online creators retain audience attention.
“that uptalk, where you kind of lengthen your final vowel, is very good for online hooking.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 7:48
Down-talk signals viewers that they can stop watching.
“it's a signal to scroll away.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 9:19
Online performance incentives are homogenizing speaking styles.
“what you're describing here, that you've modified your speaking style for what will perform better online is kind of exactly this greater homogenization effect that's happening.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 11:54
Nonstandard accents may reduce online virality because viewers expect familiar speech.
“The cost is you might go less viral because the viewer has an expectation that I want you to be speaking the way I expect you to speak.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 12:54
Algorithms compress language into recognizable forms while generating new linguistic niches.
“the algorithm, for example, I think is one such bottleneck that it compresses our language into. You have to be speaking in these widely recognizable accents, but then it speciates and creates new environments.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 13:28
MrBeast deliberately changes his accent to maximize viewer attention.
“He is very deliberately switching his accent to grab your attention as much as possible.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 14:06
Shock and awe can prevent viewers from scrolling away.
“You just, you want the viewer to remain so dumbfounded watching the video that they don't even think to scroll away.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 14:42
4chan incubated slang that later diffused into mainstream culture.
“4chan was a linguistic incubator for decades and, well, a decade.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 17:20
4chan anonymity creates pressure to demonstrate slang proficiency and group membership.
“There's the anonymity on the platform where users need to demonstrate a shared proficiency in slang to show that they're not a normie.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 17:39
TED Talks should prioritize clip farming because traditional formats have declined.
“the way people should be doing TED Talks now is just clip farming, which is the future.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 23:26
Online distribution matters more than content quality for reaching audiences.
“distribution matters more than the content itself.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 24:02
Rage bait and clickbait spread more readily online than calming content.
“The things that are going to spread are rage, bait and clickbait.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 25:47
Wellness influencers often perform an aesthetic version of wellness rather than genuine wellness.
“Wellness influencers are performing the idea of wellness.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 26:10
Emojis function linguistically because they communicate meaning between people.
“they absolutely are linguistic in the sense of they carry meaning and they communicate something from one person to another.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 41:18
Emoji meanings continually change over time.
“Emoji definitions are also constantly changing.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 43:10
Changes in reality cause language to change as people describe new circumstances.
“If our reality changes. Yeah, language will change as a result, because now we have to describe something different.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 44:26
Young people, especially middle schoolers, drive much contemporary language change.
“Most of language change, I would say is driven by people like right now, honestly, middle schoolers.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 46:13
Perceived top-down pressure can reduce adoption of new words.
“If you feel like someone is pushing a word onto you might actually not want to adopt it”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 48:00
Algorithms now use virtually every spoken term to classify and distribute videos.
“Every single term now is a search engine optimization term because the algorithm is looking at every single word you use”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 53:28
Use of “delve” has increased 1,000% since before 2022.
“usage of the word delve has spiked a thousand Percent since before 2022.”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 55:10
ChatGPT uses “delve” ten times more frequently than ordinary language.
“ChatGPT uses the word Delve 10 times more than regular”
Open the episode · Inside The Viral Words That Make You Click - Etymology Nerd - #1086Listen at 55:18
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