Real-time meme encyclopedias ended the secrecy of subcultural innovation

Evidence

From this point forward, no subcultural innovation would go unnoticed; every inside joke, slang term, and urban myth could be cataloged and explained in real time. — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 190

Categorization

• XREF: Directly feeds the book’s core ‘omnivore monoculture’ thesis — this is a mechanism for the death of internal subculture signaling cheapness; ties to the death of the sellout dynamic Marx describes. — connects to: Meme fame location in East Asia subjects subjects to double racial scrutiny — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame…, 182
• ADDENDUM: Supports the worldbuilding article on the loss of underused or exclusive cultural knowledge — cataloging in real time is the opposite of esoteric knowledge reserves.