Sketching social media and the fifteen minutes of fame

Getting attention through technology

The algorithm keeping score cartoon

Text and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Claps, hugs, likes, hearts and smileys – the icons that is somehow the “peanuts” we receive from our phones when doing well in social media – or maybe even when the system think we need to be motivated to try a bit harder, and stay online a bit longer

It is almost like someone / thing in there look up from the scoreboard and ask:

See this and more of my drawings in my illustration portfolio collection under technology

Keywords: drawing, illustrations, fame, popularity, Andy Warhol quote ref. cartoon, technology, tegning

Illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt. FritsAhlefeldt.com