Everything is clips now

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Today, Explained

2026-05-21

27 分钟
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An army of people posting clips of podcasts, songs, and movies has taken over your algorithm, which means everything you see could be a psyop. This episode was produced by Danielle Hewitt, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Scrolling through X on a phone. Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • The first post when I opened Instagram was a Slate post.

  • And it is a clip of the Slate podcast, What Next TBD.

  • But the guest is my boss, Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of The Verge.

  • The products themselves aren't any good.

  • What's after it?

  • The next post is from an account called Prof G Markets.

  • I believe that's a marketing podcast.

  • I've never listened to it.

  • Just like, look at this.

  • This is crazy.

  • This is my normal feed.

  • So there's Nilay.

  • There's Taylor Lorenz clip.

  • Here's, I don't know who that is.

  • Here's another clip.

  • Remember when Instagram was like pictures of our friends' sandwiches?

  • That era is long gone.

  • They killed it.

  • And it's been replaced by clips of podcasts?

  • Yeah.