WHEN A PHOTO GOES AROUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, PEOPLE CREATE LOTS OF NEW VERSIONS OF IT. SOMETIMES, ONE OF THE EDITED VERSIONS BECOMES MORE POPULAR AND SUPPLANTS THE ORIGINAL. BUT OFTEN, THE NEW VERSION ISN'T MADE FROM THE BEST COPY OF THE IMAGE. IT MAY BE PIXELATED, CROPPED, OR WATERMARKED. MADE WITH SWORDAPP AS LONG AS THOSE FLAWS ARE MINOR ENOUGH THAT THEY DON'T CANCEL OUT THE BIG CHANGE, THE NEW VERSION CAN STILL WIN OUT. EACH GOOD CHANGE BRINGS WITH IT RANDOM BACKGROUND DAMAGE. THE DEGRADATION ONLY GOES ONE WAY. ONCE AN IMAGE IS CROPPED, ITS DESCENDENTS WILL BE, TOO. MADE WITH SJORDAPP THIS STEADY LOSS OF INFORMATION :- IS CALLED MULLER'S RATCHET. LOST- UITH ORDAPP BUT THERE'S A SOLUTION. THE OLD VERSIONS ARE STILL AROUND, 50 IF YOU HAVE AN IMAGE EDITOR THAT LETS YOU SPLICE TOGETHER PARTS OF TWO IMAGES, YOU CAN MAKE A NEW VERSION WITH THE BEST PARTS OF BOTH. THIS PROCESS IS CALLED RECOMBINATION... PEOPLE USE EVOLUTIONARY METAPHORS TO EXPLAIN THE SPREAD OF INTERNET CONTENT, BUT AT THIS POINT WE HAVE SO MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH THE INTERNET THAT I FEEL LIKE IT OFTEN MAKES MORE SENSE THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

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WHEN A PHOTO GOES AROUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, PEOPLE CREATE LOTS OF NEW VERSIONS OF IT. SOMETIMES, ONE OF THE EDITED VERSIONS BECOMES MORE POPULAR AND SUPPLANTS THE ORIGINAL. BUT OFTEN, THE NEW VERSION ISN'T MADE FROM THE BEST COPY OF THE IMAGE. IT MAY BE PIXELATED, CROPPED, OR WATERMARKED. MADE WITH SWORDAPP AS LONG AS THOSE FLAWS ARE MINOR ENOUGH THAT THEY DON'T CANCEL OUT THE BIG CHANGE, THE NEW VERSION CAN STILL WIN OUT. EACH GOOD CHANGE BRINGS WITH IT RANDOM BACKGROUND DAMAGE. THE DEGRADATION ONLY GOES ONE WAY. ONCE AN IMAGE IS CROPPED, ITS DESCENDENTS WILL BE, TOO. MADE WITH SJORDAPP THIS STEADY LOSS OF INFORMATION :- IS CALLED MULLER'S RATCHET. LOST- UITH ORDAPP BUT THERE'S A SOLUTION. THE OLD VERSIONS ARE STILL AROUND, 50 IF YOU HAVE AN IMAGE EDITOR THAT LETS YOU SPLICE TOGETHER PARTS OF TWO IMAGES, YOU CAN MAKE A NEW VERSION WITH THE BEST PARTS OF BOTH. THIS PROCESS IS CALLED RECOMBINATION... PEOPLE USE EVOLUTIONARY METAPHORS TO EXPLAIN THE SPREAD OF INTERNET CONTENT, BUT AT THIS POINT WE HAVE SO MUCH EXPERIENCE WITH THE INTERNET THAT I FEEL LIKE IT OFTEN MAKES MORE SENSE THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

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