“I think internet culture is all about opinion, you know?” says Ember Luse, a student here at Rocky with an overall moderate opinion on the internet in general. “I think people would find the things they like on their own without the internet telling them what to watch or listen to all the time,” she says. “I honestly think it would be better because you wouldn’t have these expectations that are made by hype culture only to be often disappointed.”
Finn Lesterberg, on the other hand, is in favor of Internet Hype culture. “I think it can be good, like, if it’s actually good and this thing is so amazing. Like music, but it’s really just based on perspective and opinion.” The overall conception seems to be that hype culture is based solely on opinion. He goes on to say, “I always feel like I’m a week or so late to… whatever it is that’s in style. Like, when ‘Squid Games’ was big I watched it after a week of people saying it was great but when I did and made jokes people looked at me like I was weird.” He explains that “there isn’t a point to everyone everywhere talking about something only for it to be out of style within a month.”
