Laurent François
@lilzeon.bsky.social
In internet culture, the more a piece of content is copied, commented on, and shared, the more power it gives to the Original Poster (OP). Celebrities like Timothée Chalamet have clearly understood the strength of becoming a meme.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In internet culture, the more a piece of content is copied, commented on, and shared, the more power it gives to the Original Poster (OP). Celebrities like Timothée Chalamet have clearly understood the strength of becoming a meme.
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Une réponse bien trop simpliste à un sujet bien plus complexe.
Ce n'est pas aux jeunes qu'il faut interdire les réseaux sociaux
L'interdiction d'accès des moins de 16 ans vivant en Australie à de nombreux réseaux sociaux semble bien légère par rapport aux vrais enjeux numériques.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Une réponse bien trop simpliste à un sujet bien plus complexe.
On se voit demain au Salon du Livre de Boulogne-Billancourt ?
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
On se voit demain au Salon du Livre de Boulogne-Billancourt ?
Let’s play Mario in an URL bar.
(Spoiler: it’s not even a joke)
(Spoiler: it’s not even a joke)
The Micro-Spaces of Digital Rebellion
Online, hacktivists détour small pockets of social platforms and websites to smuggle political messages. Where no one is looking, the internet reinvents itself.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Let’s play Mario in an URL bar.
(Spoiler: it’s not even a joke)
(Spoiler: it’s not even a joke)
Après les KOL, les KOC, les KOD?
#influence
#influence
L'ère des Key Opinion Dreamers
Une nouvelle génération d'influenceurs émerge dans les réseaux sociaux. Après les Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) et les Key Opinion Consumers (KOC), voici les Key Opinion Dreamers (KOD).
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November 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Après les KOL, les KOC, les KOD?
#influence
#influence
Buddy language
Algofriend, or the Fatigue of Simulated Friendship
The algofriend isn’t a glitch of our time, but its most intimate symptom: that of a sociability that has become calculable.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Buddy language
Beyond parasocial, not yet a society: welcome to the paracommunity world.
In the Halo of Others: The Birth of Paracommunities
New social equilibriums are emerging online; more than a parasocial relationship and more diffuse than a traditional society, this is the paracommunity.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Beyond parasocial, not yet a society: welcome to the paracommunity world.
Making social in the palm of our hopes.
Palm-social
Individuals are beginning to build their own social networks online, breaking free from the standard uses imposed by major platforms.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Making social in the palm of our hopes.
Social sanctuaries, the Tinder way?
Tinja, the Tomb of Relationships
The tomb created by Tinder in Japan reveals our growing need to sanctuarize our social and romantic bonds.
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October 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Social sanctuaries, the Tinder way?
Reposted by Laurent François
ET SI ON SE LIBÉRAIT DE L'ALGOFLUENCE ?
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C'est l'"idée qui tue" de ma newsletter hebdo du lundi, inspirée par le prochain livre de @lilzeon.bsky.social : "CRACKER L'ALGORITHME - Réenchanter les réseaux sociaux", que j'ai pu lire pour vous en avant-première.
bit.ly/KillerIdeaAl...
C'est l'"idée qui tue" de ma newsletter hebdo du lundi, inspirée par le prochain livre de @lilzeon.bsky.social : "CRACKER L'ALGORITHME - Réenchanter les réseaux sociaux", que j'ai pu lire pour vous en avant-première.
ET SI ON SE LIBÉRAIT DE L'ALGOFLUENCE ?
40 % des moins de 25 ans en France se disent en situation de solitude chronique. C’est cinq fois plus que chez les plus de 65 ans.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
ET SI ON SE LIBÉRAIT DE L'ALGOFLUENCE ?
bit.ly/KillerIdeaAl...
C'est l'"idée qui tue" de ma newsletter hebdo du lundi, inspirée par le prochain livre de @lilzeon.bsky.social : "CRACKER L'ALGORITHME - Réenchanter les réseaux sociaux", que j'ai pu lire pour vous en avant-première.
bit.ly/KillerIdeaAl...
C'est l'"idée qui tue" de ma newsletter hebdo du lundi, inspirée par le prochain livre de @lilzeon.bsky.social : "CRACKER L'ALGORITHME - Réenchanter les réseaux sociaux", que j'ai pu lire pour vous en avant-première.
"I hope it’s AI". On our paradoxical relationships with the human actions.
“I hope it’s AI”
Stupefaction in front of social media content leads to a new psychic defense
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October 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
"I hope it’s AI". On our paradoxical relationships with the human actions.
For once, I’m raising my voice. Violent comments aren’t freedom of speech. GIFs glorifying murderers won’t fix the system. They only make us lose what we have left.
Violently Correct
On social media, the new political correctness is violence.
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September 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
For once, I’m raising my voice. Violent comments aren’t freedom of speech. GIFs glorifying murderers won’t fix the system. They only make us lose what we have left.
We. Just. Cannot. Process. So. Many. Signals. Anymore.
September 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We. Just. Cannot. Process. So. Many. Signals. Anymore.
Welcome to the Inter-feed.
The Inter-feed: the lives of others
Between our public posts and our private archives, a liminal space exists: the images of others, accidentally saved onto our smartphones.
aliveinsocialmedia.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Welcome to the Inter-feed.
Why digital oaths are rising.
Digital Oaths
Creating a moral debt toward a community promises a certain form of authenticity in the age of post-truth.
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August 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Why digital oaths are rising.
AI is alive. Now what?
#ai
#ai
AI is alive.
The human vs. machine divide often misses an essential part of the story: our relationship to what seems alive, and the recognition of the living.
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August 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
AI is alive. Now what?
#ai
#ai
Let’s play the algorithms
Digital Sabotage
We are not the junkies of digital platforms. We are their drug. The algorithm craves order. Let’s give it chaos.
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July 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Let’s play the algorithms
The power of real life.
This is why we need it. To feed our souls and feel the poetry we sometimes write. And sometimes we write to make this reality happen.
merci #solidays
This is why we need it. To feed our souls and feel the poetry we sometimes write. And sometimes we write to make this reality happen.
merci #solidays
June 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The power of real life.
This is why we need it. To feed our souls and feel the poetry we sometimes write. And sometimes we write to make this reality happen.
merci #solidays
This is why we need it. To feed our souls and feel the poetry we sometimes write. And sometimes we write to make this reality happen.
merci #solidays
Wires are rebellious
Wired Earphones: Elegance and Rebellious Attachment
Wired earphones are making a big comeback. More than just a fashion statement, they represent a clear sign of resistance to ever-present connectivity.
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June 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wires are rebellious
The Sims? The humans? Or both?
Aura Farming: Cultivating Your Algorithmic Presence
When online presence becomes a resource to optimize, being visible is no longer enough – you have to know how to cultivate your aura.
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June 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Sims? The humans? Or both?
Suspended tempo in Paris during Euphoria exhibition at Grand Palais. A good reminder to look up, down, right and left. To keep finding beauty in the mundane.
June 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Suspended tempo in Paris during Euphoria exhibition at Grand Palais. A good reminder to look up, down, right and left. To keep finding beauty in the mundane.
I think that to reclaim our freedom in social networks, we might need to compress our digital selves.
.zip Identities: Miniaturization vs. Compression of Our Digital Selves
Social media bios, which seem designed to miniaturize our identities, have quietly become the stage for a grand act of subversion.
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June 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I think that to reclaim our freedom in social networks, we might need to compress our digital selves.
In Practice: Laurent François Thinks the Internet Can Still Be Beautiful
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In Practice: Laurent François Thinks the Internet Can Still Be Beautiful
On building for connection, resisting speed culture, and staying alive to the craft.
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June 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
In Practice: Laurent François Thinks the Internet Can Still Be Beautiful
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