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Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld [https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld] The biggest stories on the internet from October 30th, 2025. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 2:13 Brittany Broski reveals she's releasing an album 3:20 BookTok vs. Matthew & Paul vs. Ingram 15:11 Dr. Valentina Pumpin's viral marketing Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg]  Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ [https://centennialbeauty.substack.com/]  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/]  Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ [https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/]

Learn more about Blackbird:  https://www.blackbird.vc/get-investment?utm_source=centennial [https://www.blackbird.vc/get-investment?utm_source=centennial]  Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business💖 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld [https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld]   The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from October 29th, 2025. Timestamps:  00:00 Intro  1:44 Elon Musk’s Grokipedia launches 10:03 Meta introduces ghost posts on Threads  13:57 Albanian AI-generated minister Diella is pregnant  18:03 Female founder interview w/ Freesia Gaul  Subscribe to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18cqrQI7gMiVfxIMRAeULF   Subscribe to Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/infinite-scroll/id1499785732   Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/   Follow our publication: https://www.tiktok.com/@centennialworld   Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/   Follow Lauren on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@laurenmeisner_ Sources:  https://www.engadget.com/social-media/xs-grokipedia-is-online-after-it-briefly-crashed-out-231108836.html [https://www.engadget.com/social-media/xs-grokipedia-is-online-after-it-briefly-crashed-out-231108836.html]  https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/717322/wikipedia-attacks-neutrality-history-jimmy-wales [https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/717322/wikipedia-attacks-neutrality-history-jimmy-wales]  https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/02/elon-musk-wikipedia/681577/ [https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/02/elon-musk-wikipedia/681577/]  https://www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-and-the-rights-war-on-wikipedia/ [https://www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-and-the-rights-war-on-wikipedia/]  https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/27/grokipedia-wikipedia-musk-/ [https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/27/grokipedia-wikipedia-musk-/]  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yd90g0q43o [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yd90g0q43o]  https://about.fb.com/news/2025/10/introducing-disappearing-posts-on-threads/ [https://about.fb.com/news/2025/10/introducing-disappearing-posts-on-threads/]  https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/threads-adds-ghost-posts-that-disappear-after-24-hours-and-responses-go-to-dms/ [https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/threads-adds-ghost-posts-that-disappear-after-24-hours-and-responses-go-to-dms/]

Thank you to Bumble for sponsoring this episode of mini scroll. For the love of love, give Bumble another shot! Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld [https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld] The biggest stories on the internet from October 28th, 2025. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 2:04 Danielle Bernstein accused of stealing her engagement party speech 5:06 The Swiftologist vs. Adam McIntyre 11:18 Welsh 5 Adventure scandal 15:41 Row sample sale Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg]  Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ [https://centennialbeauty.substack.com/]  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/]  Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ [https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/]

Thank you to Bumble for sponsoring this episode of mini scroll. For the love of love, give Bumble another shot! Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld The biggest stories on the internet from October 27th, 2025. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 2:25 QTCinderella joint stream backlash over comments 6:13 Rare Beauty seemingly posts heart eyes on video about Justin Bieber 9:19 Cami Mendes is engaged 10:26 Kim & North viral Halloween costume + viral TikTok video shows woman being harassed by group of men while trying to do her job Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg]  Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ [https://centennialbeauty.substack.com/]  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/]  Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ [https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/]

Thank you to BRITA for supporting the podcast, helping us keep our deep dives going, and, of course, keeping us hydrated! Check out BRITA here: ⁠https://www.brita.com.au/turnonthetaste⁠ In this episode, we dive into why fan-fiction remains a central part of pop culture. To help unpack the intricacies of this space, we turned to some experts. We first spoke to Alessandra Ferreri, Head of Content at Wattpad — and then we asked you, our listeners, to share your own experiences and opinions. From these conversations, we explored two questions: Is fan-fiction positive or negative for fandom culture? And how does Gen Z perceive fan fiction? Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 3:47 Fan-fiction definition and its origins 6:16 The modern era of fan-fiction: the rise of fanzines & pastiches 7:51 Fanfiction goes mainstream: Digital fan-fiction platforms 9:10 The rise of Fanfiction.net (FFN) 11:12 The popularity of AO3 and Wattpad 13:45 Interview with Alessandra Ferreri, Wattpad's Head of Content 37:04 How fan-fiction impacts young people and how they perceive it 38:58 The positives of fan-fiction 43:36 The negatives of fan-fiction 46:49 Conclusions Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg]  Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ [https://centennialbeauty.substack.com/]  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ [https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/]  Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ [https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/]