meson is an internet-birthed internet-studying internet-fossil that feels like it was written by internet gathering bots, serving internet means and internet ends, its just the internet.
synkar’s award for quality
note: as synkar’s highest title, the guarantee for quality selects somewhere in-between synkar’s own bias, and his experience within the tradition to select texts that his audience will benefit from reading over and against other works. works are also labelled between research and theory for better discernment. to better understand my structural preferences, visit my rating method and symbol guide.
synkar’s guarantee for purity
note: pure theory foregrounds conceptual scaffolding, narrative continuation and speculative or abstract capacity almost exclusively over referential density, discursive or commentarial quality, or thematic context. what must a certain work accomplish to be considered pure?
synkar’s classification as theory
note: this doesn’t signal a preference over the work, but attempts to establish a boundary between cultural research and conceptual theorizing, even if difficult (* for borderline). click the work or title to see my review. what earns the title of synkar guarantee?
what: machine
type: research → theory → commentary
what: non-knowledge/digital cultures
type: borderline
what: markets
type: theory → commentary
synkar’s classification as research
note: this doesn’t signal a dislike of the work, but attempts to establish a boundary between cultural research and conceptual theorizing, even if difficult (* for borderline). click the work or title to see my review. what earns the title of synkar guarantee?
what: interventions in digital cultures
type: research
what: citizen lobby
type: academic
what: there is no software there are just services
type: narrative → research
what: micro-decisions in politics
type: research
what: remain
type: research
synkar’s disavowal
note: this signals an implicit dislike of the work as a totality and not of its particular contents, decided by purely structural means rather than ethico-political sentiments. more specifically it is applied when the author’s intentions, the structure of the work, and the themes or conceptual development all contradict each other simultaneously. to better understand my structural preferences, visit my rating method and symbol guide.
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note: uncategorized works or excess material that appears too gated or suspicious to evaluate or title explicitly. also contains duds or simply works too uninteresting to me to disavow (no offense ya’ll do your thing).
