Extremely online

For example, the term "alt-right" was added to the Associated Press' stylebook in 2016 to describe the "digital presence" of far-right ideologies,[9] the dirtbag left refers to a group of "underemployed and overly online millennials" who "have no time for the pieties of traditional political discourse",[10] and the doomer's "blackpilled[11] despair"[8] is combined with spending "too much time on message boards in high school"[8] to produce an eclectic "anti-socialism".

For example, right-wing figures like Alex Jones[12] and Laura Loomer[12] have been described as "extremely online", but so have those on the left like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez[13] and fans of the Chapo Trap House podcast.

[14][15] Extremely online phenomena can range from acts of offline violence (such as the 2019 Christchurch shootings[16]) to "[going] on NPR to explain the anti-capitalist irony inherent in kids eating Tide Pods".

[24] Throughout the 2010s, posters such as dril inspired commonly used terms like "corncobbing" (referring to someone losing an argument and failing to admit it);[27][28][29] while originally a piece of obscure Internet slang used on sites like Twitter, use of the term (and controversy over its misinterpretation) became a subject of reporting from traditional publications, with some noting[30] that keeping up with the rapid turnover of inside jokes, memes, and quotes online required daily attention to avoid embarrassment.

[33] Increasingly, researchers are expected to have more of an online presence, to advance in their careers, as networking and portfolios continue to transition to the digital world.

[34] The 2021 storming of the United States Capitol was described as extremely online, with "pro-Trump internet personalities", such as Baked Alaska,[35] and fans livestreaming and taking selfies.