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< How social media h... Q 0 under the guise of "pranks." In Nerd City's opinion, what has bolstered the popularity of channels like his and differentiated it from mainstream media over the last decade is the ability for viewers to help shape the coverage content creators explore. "I think part of what makes self-published internet content interesting is the way viewers participate... If there's a community around a channel, they'll try to steer it towards another interesting place to go, and that's pretty helpful," Nerd City said. Another direction creators have taken is toward cringe content - a genre defined by a so-bad-it's-good quality that makes it hard to look away. "There's so many people making terrible content today, it's hard to name the cringiest," said Kurtis Conner, 25, another content reviewer who takes a more lighthearted and comedic approach to his videos. "I feel like that word gets tossed around a lot these days, and I think it's lost a bit of its meaning, but I'd have to say the 'e-boy' content was the stuff that made me the most uncomfortable." E-boys came about at the tail end of the decade with the rise of TikTok, and are a sort of evolved emo teenager, with colorful hair, dangling earrings and a look that loosely resembles anime characters. "There's something very unsettling about a moody teenager choking their phone while trap music plays in the background," Conner said, referring to the Southern-based hip hop music. "Didn't like that one bit." Conner, who has been a part of the YouTube community since 2008, said when he looks back at the decade, what defines it to him isn't the platform he currently uses, but the one he used in the past. "For me, I would have to say Vine was something that really catapulted video content and meme culture into popularity," Conner said. "Some of the most iconic moments that happened online in the past 10 years were all Vines... I feel like most of the things quoted today were all from Vine." But when he looks to the future, Conner said it's hard to pinpoint what the next big thing will be as the new decade rolls in. "I'd like to think that because this is my job, I have some sort of idea about where the internet is going, but I don't think anybody does," Conner said. "It changes every single day and the most you can really do is try to adapt."
< How social media h... Q 0 under the guise of "pranks." In Nerd City's opinion, what has bolstered the popularity of channels like his and differentiated it from mainstream media over the last decade is the ability for viewers to help shape the coverage content creators explore. "I think part of what makes self-published internet content interesting is the way viewers participate... If there's a community around a channel, they'll try to steer it towards another interesting place to go, and that's pretty helpful," Nerd City said. Another direction creators have taken is toward cringe content - a genre defined by a so-bad-it's-good quality that makes it hard to look away. "There's so many people making terrible content today, it's hard to name the cringiest," said Kurtis Conner, 25, another content reviewer who takes a more lighthearted and comedic approach to his videos. "I feel like that word gets tossed around a lot these days, and I think it's lost a bit of its meaning, but I'd have to say the 'e-boy' content was the stuff that made me the most uncomfortable." E-boys came about at the tail end of the decade with the rise of TikTok, and are a sort of evolved emo teenager, with colorful hair, dangling earrings and a look that loosely resembles anime characters. "There's something very unsettling about a moody teenager choking their phone while trap music plays in the background," Conner said, referring to the Southern-based hip hop music. "Didn't like that one bit." Conner, who has been a part of the YouTube community since 2008, said when he looks back at the decade, what defines it to him isn't the platform he currently uses, but the one he used in the past. "For me, I would have to say Vine was something that really catapulted video content and meme culture into popularity," Conner said. "Some of the most iconic moments that happened online in the past 10 years were all Vines... I feel like most of the things quoted today were all from Vine." But when he looks to the future, Conner said it's hard to pinpoint what the next big thing will be as the new decade rolls in. "I'd like to think that because this is my job, I have some sort of idea about where the internet is going, but I don't think anybody does," Conner said. "It changes every single day and the most you can really do is try to adapt."
< How social media h... Q 0 under the guise of "pranks." In Nerd City's opinion, what has bolstered the popularity of channels like his and differentiated it from mainstream media over the last decade is the ability for viewers to help shape the coverage content creators explore. "I think part of what makes self-published internet content interesting is the way viewers participate... If there's a community around a channel, they'll try to steer it towards another interesting place to go, and that's pretty helpful," Nerd City said. Another direction creators have taken is toward cringe content - a genre defined by a so-bad-it's-good quality that makes it hard to look away. "There's so many people making terrible content today, it's hard to name the cringiest," said Kurtis Conner, 25, another content reviewer who takes a more lighthearted and comedic approach to his videos. "I feel like that word gets tossed around a lot these days, and I think it's lost a bit of its meaning, but I'd have to say the 'e-boy' content was the stuff that made me the most uncomfortable." E-boys came about at the tail end of the decade with the rise of TikTok, and are a sort of evolved emo teenager, with colorful hair, dangling earrings and a look that loosely resembles anime characters. "There's something very unsettling about a moody teenager choking their phone while trap music plays in the background," Conner said, referring to the Southern-based hip hop music. "Didn't like that one bit." Conner, who has been a part of the YouTube community since 2008, said when he looks back at the decade, what defines it to him isn't the platform he currently uses, but the one he used in the past. "For me, I would have to say Vine was something that really catapulted video content and meme culture into popularity," Conner said. "Some of the most iconic moments that happened online in the past 10 years were all Vines... I feel like most of the things quoted today were all from Vine." But when he looks to the future, Conner said it's hard to pinpoint what the next big thing will be as the new decade rolls in. "I'd like to think that because this is my job, I have some sort of idea about where the internet is going, but I don't think anybody does," Conner said. "It changes every single day and the most you can really do is try to adapt."
< How social media h... Q 0 under the guise of "pranks." In Nerd City's opinion, what has bolstered the popularity of channels like his and differentiated it from mainstream media over the last decade is the ability for viewers to help shape the coverage content creators explore. "I think part of what makes self-published internet content interesting is the way viewers participate... If there's a community around a channel, they'll try to steer it towards another interesting place to go, and that's pretty helpful," Nerd City said. Another direction creators have taken is toward cringe content - a genre defined by a so-bad-it's-good quality that makes it hard to look away. "There's so many people making terrible content today, it's hard to name the cringiest," said Kurtis Conner, 25, another content reviewer who takes a more lighthearted and comedic approach to his videos. "I feel like that word gets tossed around a lot these days, and I think it's lost a bit of its meaning, but I'd have to say the 'e-boy' content was the stuff that made me the most uncomfortable." E-boys came about at the tail end of the decade with the rise of TikTok, and are a sort of evolved emo teenager, with colorful hair, dangling earrings and a look that loosely resembles anime characters. "There's something very unsettling about a moody teenager choking their phone while trap music plays in the background," Conner said, referring to the Southern-based hip hop music. "Didn't like that one bit." Conner, who has been a part of the YouTube community since 2008, said when he looks back at the decade, what defines it to him isn't the platform he currently uses, but the one he used in the past. "For me, I would have to say Vine was something that really catapulted video content and meme culture into popularity," Conner said. "Some of the most iconic moments that happened online in the past 10 years were all Vines... I feel like most of the things quoted today were all from Vine." But when he looks to the future, Conner said it's hard to pinpoint what the next big thing will be as the new decade rolls in. "I'd like to think that because this is my job, I have some sort of idea about where the internet is going, but I don't think anybody does," Conner said. "It changes every single day and the most you can really do is try to adapt."
< How social media h... Q 0 under the guise of "pranks." In Nerd City's opinion, what has bolstered the popularity of channels like his and differentiated it from mainstream media over the last decade is the ability for viewers to help shape the coverage content creators explore. "I think part of what makes self-published internet content interesting is the way viewers participate... If there's a community around a channel, they'll try to steer it towards another interesting place to go, and that's pretty helpful," Nerd City said. Another direction creators have taken is toward cringe content - a genre defined by a so-bad-it's-good quality that makes it hard to look away. "There's so many people making terrible content today, it's hard to name the cringiest," said Kurtis Conner, 25, another content reviewer who takes a more lighthearted and comedic approach to his videos. "I feel like that word gets tossed around a lot these days, and I think it's lost a bit of its meaning, but I'd have to say the 'e-boy' content was the stuff that made me the most uncomfortable." E-boys came about at the tail end of the decade with the rise of TikTok, and are a sort of evolved emo teenager, with colorful hair, dangling earrings and a look that loosely resembles anime characters. "There's something very unsettling about a moody teenager choking their phone while trap music plays in the background," Conner said, referring to the Southern-based hip hop music. "Didn't like that one bit." Conner, who has been a part of the YouTube community since 2008, said when he looks back at the decade, what defines it to him isn't the platform he currently uses, but the one he used in the past. "For me, I would have to say Vine was something that really catapulted video content and meme culture into popularity," Conner said. "Some of the most iconic moments that happened online in the past 10 years were all Vines... I feel like most of the things quoted today were all from Vine." But when he looks to the future, Conner said it's hard to pinpoint what the next big thing will be as the new decade rolls in. "I'd like to think that because this is my job, I have some sort of idea about where the internet is going, but I don't think anybody does," Conner said. "It changes every single day and the most you can really do is try to adapt."
< How social media h... Q 0 under the guise of "pranks." In Nerd City's opinion, what has bolstered the popularity of channels like his and differentiated it from mainstream media over the last decade is the ability for viewers to help shape the coverage content creators explore. "I think part of what makes self-published internet content interesting is the way viewers participate... If there's a community around a channel, they'll try to steer it towards another interesting place to go, and that's pretty helpful," Nerd City said. Another direction creators have taken is toward cringe content - a genre defined by a so-bad-it's-good quality that makes it hard to look away. "There's so many people making terrible content today, it's hard to name the cringiest," said Kurtis Conner, 25, another content reviewer who takes a more lighthearted and comedic approach to his videos. "I feel like that word gets tossed around a lot these days, and I think it's lost a bit of its meaning, but I'd have to say the 'e-boy' content was the stuff that made me the most uncomfortable." E-boys came about at the tail end of the decade with the rise of TikTok, and are a sort of evolved emo teenager, with colorful hair, dangling earrings and a look that loosely resembles anime characters. "There's something very unsettling about a moody teenager choking their phone while trap music plays in the background," Conner said, referring to the Southern-based hip hop music. "Didn't like that one bit." Conner, who has been a part of the YouTube community since 2008, said when he looks back at the decade, what defines it to him isn't the platform he currently uses, but the one he used in the past. "For me, I would have to say Vine was something that really catapulted video content and meme culture into popularity," Conner said. "Some of the most iconic moments that happened online in the past 10 years were all Vines... I feel like most of the things quoted today were all from Vine." But when he looks to the future, Conner said it's hard to pinpoint what the next big thing will be as the new decade rolls in. "I'd like to think that because this is my job, I have some sort of idea about where the internet is going, but I don't think anybody does," Conner said. "It changes every single day and the most you can really do is try to adapt."