SF's Hot List proves the ragebait economy is still raging, Wired's Kylie Robison writes
kyliebytes · x · 2026-09-03
Wired's Kylie Robison breaks down the viral "San Francisco's Hot List": Celeste Amadon published her curated list of the city's "most dateable people," with open nominations judged on attraction, ambition, accomplishment, reputation and aura.
The post flooded feeds, with SF locals mocked as "spiritually LinkedIn" and cringe. Robison argues it shows ragebait still works — twenty years after Facemash, Silicon Valley is ranking faces again, with X's algorithm acting like Hinge without safeguards.
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