Thread by @nnnnicholas

screenshots are the new save

camera roll is the 📱filesystem

in the absence of an accessible filesystem we take screenshots to save information for later

screenshots are lossy: dynamic programs flattened into pixels. still, screenshots contain substantial information.

‘machine learning’ will be transform screenshots into hypermedia links

a youtube screenshot should be a button to watch the video

sharing a screenshot becomes sharing a link

1- an app can derive meaning from a regular screenshot
2- an app UI can be imperceptibly embedded with data
3- screenshots can have metadata

camera roll filesystem is linear, temporal storage, like stories📽, diary📒, or sketchbook 📓

ugh typo. trying again..

‘machine learning’ will transform screenshots into hypermedia links

screenshots transform from ugly but useful to just useful to nostalgic to beautiful to vintage/of an era

i was gonna write an essay called screenshot is the new save in 2014 lol so slow to do some things!

‘machine learning’ will transform screenshots into hypermedia

📱is the best intellectual property theft device

📱is texture sampler

dropbox could have become camera roll file system years ago

where is camera roll for audio

this producer saves audio to his phone with a jailbreak app wired.com/2017/04/steve-… via @chrisnovello

dropbox could have been a camera roll for everything

dropbox🎁 product hypothesis was so close:
📸 right that photos drive loyalty
📸 wrong to focus on desktop-centric folder structure

dropbox🎁 pivoted to serving enterprise and startups bc their consumer biz model failed. icloud, gmail, and instagram winning by default

screenshots are pictures

screenshots are the new wave

screenshots flatten locked media into new primitives

unlock new primitives

downloads folder is camera roll

screenshots can convey irony the original does not

a screenshot says : i experienced this

during algorithmic disenfranchisement, screenshots can say “this is what the algorithm showed me”

screenshots of feeds convey feeling of absurdity and serendipity we experience

do i experience the feed or does it experience me?

algo feeds like tiktok and twitter now ‘experience’ us, statistically selecting and feeding humans content experiences

how might we flip the meaning of ‘experience’ yet again?

screenshots of humorous juxtapositions in feeds carve space for human experience (perhaps) outside the algo’s intention

each screenshot of a feed is a self portrait of what the algo thinks we are

is it a self portrait if i capture something else’s perception of me?

capturing the absurd and funny feed juxtapositions initiates a meta conversation about algorithms, until screenshots and private chat are integrated into the model

screenshotting feeds : an attempt to turn experience back into a verb performed by humans

expired : i experienced joy once
tired : ig experiences me daily
wired : i experience engagement media constantly

ig experiences me

media experiences me

meme consumes me

i used to experience things
now things experience me
soon a 3rd dimension