Earnest Pettie
@earnestpettie.com
Internet trends by day. Also internet trends by night. Trends Insights Lead @ YouTube
Mastodon @[email protected] but relatively quiet
On Twitter @earnestp. I've been silent there for almost a year.
Mastodon @[email protected] but relatively quiet
On Twitter @earnestp. I've been silent there for almost a year.
There’s a loneliness epidemic because a whole generation has grown up without Tom from Myspace automatically being their friend.
December 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There’s a loneliness epidemic because a whole generation has grown up without Tom from Myspace automatically being their friend.
Cliches aren’t born; they develop from the abuse of repetition. I think that the speed and scale at which generative AI works will likely send certain phrases and constructs speeding into their second lives as cliches faster than we’ve ever experienced. The em-dash…
September 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Cliches aren’t born; they develop from the abuse of repetition. I think that the speed and scale at which generative AI works will likely send certain phrases and constructs speeding into their second lives as cliches faster than we’ve ever experienced. The em-dash…
My theory. All the people in the drug ads you see on TV exist in the same world. They’re in a horrible Truman Show style environment where they are being coerced into demonstrating positive effects of the drugs. They can’t not smile or they get moved to “the…
September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My theory. All the people in the drug ads you see on TV exist in the same world. They’re in a horrible Truman Show style environment where they are being coerced into demonstrating positive effects of the drugs. They can’t not smile or they get moved to “the…
The Studbudz All-Star weekend stream is better than any sports-related programming I’ve ever seen, including F1: Drive to Survive. They should win every kind of Emmy, including daytime and regional.
July 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The Studbudz All-Star weekend stream is better than any sports-related programming I’ve ever seen, including F1: Drive to Survive. They should win every kind of Emmy, including daytime and regional.
The white pages would be wild to a young person. A book with everyone’s phone numbers AND addresses that you had to pay EXTRA to be excluded from.
July 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The white pages would be wild to a young person. A book with everyone’s phone numbers AND addresses that you had to pay EXTRA to be excluded from.
Someone is here farming for responses they can post to X to demonstrate "the left's" incivility and X's "superiority".
Hello Bluesky, I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you.
June 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Someone is here farming for responses they can post to X to demonstrate "the left's" incivility and X's "superiority".
YouTube’s 20th continues with a trends report we released today. Some parts of this story will be very familiar, but I think you’ll find surprises in the data. https://www.youtube.com/trends/report/tr25-20th-birthday/
June 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
YouTube’s 20th continues with a trends report we released today. Some parts of this story will be very familiar, but I think you’ll find surprises in the data. https://www.youtube.com/trends/report/tr25-20th-birthday/
These days we read videos, listen to books, and watch podcasts.
June 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
These days we read videos, listen to books, and watch podcasts.
This Amerie tiny desk was a breath of fresh air. Ruby Ibarra and Amerie in one week of each other? They are basically my YouTube Music algorithm! https://youtu.be/8PizSSUfetg
June 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This Amerie tiny desk was a breath of fresh air. Ruby Ibarra and Amerie in one week of each other? They are basically my YouTube Music algorithm! https://youtu.be/8PizSSUfetg
Sports records today: First to reach 20 points, 20 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks, 7 sips of water, and 5 reactions that became memes in a game while averaging 80% free throw shooting.
May 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Sports records today: First to reach 20 points, 20 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks, 7 sips of water, and 5 reactions that became memes in a game while averaging 80% free throw shooting.
Twitter/X is such a grim place. It’s what I imagine New York City was like in the late 70s/early 80s.
March 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Twitter/X is such a grim place. It’s what I imagine New York City was like in the late 70s/early 80s.
Two older musical acts whose new music I will still immediately click on: Young MC and Papa Roach.
March 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Two older musical acts whose new music I will still immediately click on: Young MC and Papa Roach.
I wonder whether Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian are thinking about the real corrosive influence on link-sharing communities: companies. Once a site becomes a sure source of traffic, companies immediately dream of ways to exploit it.…
March 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I wonder whether Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian are thinking about the real corrosive influence on link-sharing communities: companies. Once a site becomes a sure source of traffic, companies immediately dream of ways to exploit it.…
How did Bubble Boy never become a cult classic?
March 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How did Bubble Boy never become a cult classic?
My entire life, I’ve heard “markets crave certainty.” If that’s the case, though, how do you explain the markets during this administration?
February 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My entire life, I’ve heard “markets crave certainty.” If that’s the case, though, how do you explain the markets during this administration?
I highly recommend this reconsideration of algorithmic recommendation systems. I love how it avoids the knee-jerk “algorithms are bad” stance https://dynomight.substack.com/p/ranking
February 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I highly recommend this reconsideration of algorithmic recommendation systems. I love how it avoids the knee-jerk “algorithms are bad” stance https://dynomight.substack.com/p/ranking
I am going to start a Hackerscore aesthetic based on 1995’s Hackers, which I just learned is now officially on YouTube for free. https://youtu.be/5T_CqqjOPDc
January 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I am going to start a Hackerscore aesthetic based on 1995’s Hackers, which I just learned is now officially on YouTube for free. https://youtu.be/5T_CqqjOPDc
I am interested in whatever this show was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKeQ_-gwFvs
January 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I am interested in whatever this show was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKeQ_-gwFvs
Do you ever think about the fact that price of home release of movies, music, and video games have remained relatively stable for decades? It reminds me of Coca Cola being 5 cents for about 50 years.
January 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Do you ever think about the fact that price of home release of movies, music, and video games have remained relatively stable for decades? It reminds me of Coca Cola being 5 cents for about 50 years.
I was making some updates to my site today and finally removed my old Facebook & Twitter/X social links. End of an era.
January 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I was making some updates to my site today and finally removed my old Facebook & Twitter/X social links. End of an era.
Now that Surf exists, it makes me wish everyone were on the Fediverse just for my convenience of being able to reply in-app. I highly recommend this app https://about.flipboard.com/press/announcing-surf-the-first-browser-for-the-open-social-web/
January 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Now that Surf exists, it makes me wish everyone were on the Fediverse just for my convenience of being able to reply in-app. I highly recommend this app https://about.flipboard.com/press/announcing-surf-the-first-browser-for-the-open-social-web/
I just accidentally shared a nod “hello” with someone in this office that I DEFINITELY don’t know. I guess I’m locked into nodding to this person for the rest of my life, now.
January 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I just accidentally shared a nod “hello” with someone in this office that I DEFINITELY don’t know. I guess I’m locked into nodding to this person for the rest of my life, now.
I’ve never clicked “Accept” when a website has requested to send notifications through the browser. What kind of notifications are these sites sending? What does Semafor need to notify me of?
I’ve never clicked “Accept” when a website has requested to send notifications through the browser. What kind of notifications are these sites sending? What does Semafor need to notify me of?
earnestpettie.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’ve never clicked “Accept” when a website has requested to send notifications through the browser. What kind of notifications are these sites sending? What does Semafor need to notify me of?
The anniversary of X's original content announcement passed without anyone remembering it ever existed
Every platform goes through this phase in search of "legitimacy" to lure ad dollars from TV. Only one of them embraces the most toxic aspect of its platform and asks advertisers to GFY.
X announces exclusive original programming and content deals, including shows hosted by Don Lemon, former Fox Sports host Jim Rome, and Tulsi Gabbard (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
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January 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The anniversary of X's original content announcement passed without anyone remembering it ever existed
My generation’s version of “there were only three TV channels when I was a kid” will be “there were only four flavors of chips when I was a kid”
My generation’s version of “there were only three TV channels when I was a kid” will be “there were only four flavors of chips when I was a kid”
earnestpettie.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
My generation’s version of “there were only three TV channels when I was a kid” will be “there were only four flavors of chips when I was a kid”