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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions  02.26.23 Meet the Superusers Behind IMDb, the Internet's Favorite Movie Site 11-MINUTE READ When I'm watching a movie or TV show and can't for the life of me identify a familiar face onscreen, I immediately look it up on IMDb.com. What a relief to so easily learn not only the actor's name, but also the roles I saw him previously, and maybe even his age. I never really thought about where all that information came from, though. I just assumed it was added by a studio or mechanically scraped from somewhere else—where? Who knows!—on the web. So when Stephen Lurie told me about a group of largely anonymous contributors who are responsible for so many of the updates on IMDb, I was intrigued. These are otherwise regular people who have volunteered sometimes years of their lives to watch movies, research film professionals, and collectively make tens of millions of edits to the database. Some are motivated by a love of cinema, others by a completionist impulse or the desire to see their country's entertainment industry appropriately represented. And their work is never done. It's a weird little miracle of the internet, and the kind of collaborative information-gathering project that makes me thankful the web exists, and hopeful for its future. —Caitlin Kelly | Features Editor READ THE FULL STORY You Might Also Like The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing BY VAUHINI VARA | 24-MINUTE READ How an idealistic community for exchanging free stuff tried to break away from Facebook, and ended up breaking apart. The Physics Principle That Inspired Modern AI Art BY ANIL ANANTHASWAMY | 9-MINUTE READ Diffusion models generate incredible images by learning to reverse the process that, among other things, causes ink to spread through water. Fat, Sugar, Salt ... You've Been Thinking About Food All Wrong BY MATT REYNOLDS | 8-MINUTE READ Scientists are asking tough questions about the health effects of ultra-processed diets. The answers are complicated—and surprising. The Secret to Bruce Lee's Superhuman One-Inch Punch BY RHETT ALLAIN | 8-MINUTE READ Martial arts moves can seem magical, but maybe they just display a mastery of physics. Yes, Lab-Grown Meat Is Vegan BY JUDE WHILEY | 7-MINUTE READ This new technology offers an opportunity to free animals from exploitation. So why are some vegans opposed to it? Replace the Leather in Your Wallet With Seafood Waste BY ALDEN WICKER | 6-MINUTE READ A new leather alternative from the startup TômTex uses shrimp shells instead of petrochemicals. It looks, feels, and endures like the real thing. Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for the 15-Minute City BY PETER GUEST | 4-MINUTE READ A movement to promote neighborhoods with amenities within walking distance has enraged far-right activists, climate deniers, and extremists. GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. Includes unlimited access to wired.com plus free stickers! Subscribe now. Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions

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