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hi. i'm dylan snowden. comedy writing in nyc. that's what i do.
I co-wrote the web series GET A JOB ERIKA
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A lot of AOL properties and other “content farms” … who are trying to sort of commoditize the production of content, wake up in the morning and look on Google search trends. Google makes it publicly available what are the top things that people are searching for every moment. So, editorial decisions get made based on this information. It’s really this idea of voting for — in very small, almost nontransparent, subconscious ways — for content that isn’t very good for people.
