<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>WebUrbanist  Link Rot: &#8216;Social Decay&#8217; Renders Tech Media Giants as Urban Abandonments | Urbanist</title>
	<atom:link href="https://weburbanist.com/2018/02/10/link-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://weburbanist.com</link>
	<description>Urban Art, Architecture, Design &#38; Built Environments</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 02:15:38 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4</generator>
	<language></language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4</generator>

<image>
	<url>https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-urbanisticon-32x32.png</url>
	<title>  Link Rot: &#8216;Social Decay&#8217; Renders Tech Media Giants as Urban Abandonments | Urbanist</title>
	<link>https://weburbanist.com</link>
	<width>32</width>
	<height>32</height>
</image> 
<site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">74409875</site>	
	<item>
        <title>Link Rot: &#8216;Social Decay&#8217; Renders Tech Media Giants as Urban Abandonments</title>
        <link>https://weburbanist.com/2018/02/10/link-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments/</link>
		<comments>https://weburbanist.com/2018/02/10/link-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments/#respond</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 18:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kurt Kohlstedt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abandoned Places]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abandoned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instagram]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[signs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://weburbanist.com/?p=110719</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Physical businesses that fall on hard times often leave signs in the built environment, like the distinctive facades of deserted or adapted Pizza Huts, but what might social media sites look like in a post-apocalyptic, non-digital world? For that matter, many giants, from Yahoo! to MySpace, have already crumbled and been replaced. But in this <a href="https://weburbanist.com/2018/02/10/link-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments/">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[
    <!-- custom per item content begin -->
    
    [ By <a href='http://weburbanist.com/WebUrbanist/?utm_source=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28compatible%3B+DotBot%2F1.2%3B+%2Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fopensiteexplorer.org%2Fdotbot%3B+help%40moz.com%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed-main-2018-02-10-link-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments&utm_content=unknown&utm_term=feed-author'>WebUrbanist</a> in <a href="https://weburbanist.com/category/architecture/abandonments/" rel="category tag">Abandoned Places</a> &amp; <a href="https://weburbanist.com/category/architecture/" rel="category tag">Architecture</a>. ]

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html><body><div id="urb-ads-toc-box" class="post-ads-toc-box urb-ads-toc" style="display:none;"></div><p></p>
<p>Physical businesses that fall on hard times often leave signs in the built environment, like the distinctive facades of <a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/u-t-b-a-p-h/">deserted or adapted Pizza Huts</a>, but what might social media sites look like in a post-apocalyptic, non-digital world?</p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-twitter.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="first-image img-responsive" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-twitter.jpg" alt="" width="818" height="517"></a></p>
<p>For that matter, many giants, from Yahoo! to MySpace, have already crumbled and been replaced. But in this series, graphic artist <a href="https://www.behance.net/gallery/52646779/Social-Decay">Andrei Lacatusu</a> imagines the still-strong and thriving leaders of the pack in a future state of IRL disrepair.</p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-instagram.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-wide644 wp-image-110724" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-instagram-644x407.jpg" alt="" width="644" height="407"></a></p>
<p>Like abandoned offices, retail stores, gas stations or movie theaters, signs for Google, Instagram, Facebook, Tinder, Twitter and Pinterest are seen withered, cracked and eroded by the elements over time. 404 Error: Business Not Found.</p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-google.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-wide644 wp-image-110725" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-google-644x407.jpg" alt="" width="644" height="407"></a></p>
<p>The result looks like gloomy snapshots of a ghost town with boarded-up storefronts and rusted-out metal security doors. And the details are quite convincing, with faded paint, chipped light-up signs and missing signage lettering.</p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-tiner.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-wide644 wp-image-110722" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-tiner-644x407.jpg" alt="" width="644" height="407"></a></p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-pinterest.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-wide644 wp-image-110721" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-pinterest-644x407.jpg" alt="" width="644" height="407"></a></p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-facebook.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-wide644 wp-image-110720" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-facebook-644x407.jpg" alt="" width="644" height="407"></a></p>
<p><a href="#" data-featherlight="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-series-960x843.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-wide644 wp-image-110729" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/social-decay-series-644x565.jpg" alt="" width="644" height="565"></a></p>
<p>This photo-realistic &lsquo;Social Decay&rsquo; series was created with a combination of Adobe Photoshop and 3D rendering programs, Autodesk 3DS Max and V-Ray.</p>
</body></html>

<div id='jp-relatedposts' class='jp-relatedposts' >
	
</div><h2></h2>
   
  <span id="fb_share" style="margin-left: 5px;"><a name="fb_share" type="button"  href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fweburbanist.com%2F2018%2F02%2F10%2Flink-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments%2F&t=Link+Rot%3A+%26%238216%3BSocial+Decay%26%238217%3B+Renders+Tech+Media+Giants+as+Urban+Abandonments"><img border="none" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/themes/urbanist/dist/images/feed-share.png" width="60" height="19" alt="Share on Facebook"/></a></span>
  <a style="margin-left: 5px;" href="http://www.facebook.com/WebUrbanist"><img border="none" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/themes/urbanist/dist/images/feed-like-mini.png" width="66px" height="19px" /></a>
  <a style="margin-left: 5px;" href="http://www.facebook.com/WebUrbanist"><img border="none" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/themes/urbanist/dist/images/feed-like.png" width="220px" height="19px" /></a>

<hr width="375px" align="left" />
  <a style="margin-left: 5px;" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fweburbanist.com%2F2018%2F02%2F10%2Flink-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments%2F&title=Link+Rot%3A+%26%238216%3BSocial+Decay%26%238217%3B+Renders+Tech+Media+Giants+as+Urban+Abandonments"><img border="none" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/themes/urbanist/dist/images/feed-SU.png" width="74px" height="19px" /></a>
  <a style="margin-left: 9px;" href="http://twitter.com/home?status=%40weburbanist+https%3A%2F%2Fweburbanist.com%2F2018%2F02%2F10%2Flink-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments%2F+Link+Rot%3A+%26%238216%3BSoc"><img border="none" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/themes/urbanist/dist/images/feed-retweet.png" height="19" width="48" /></a>
  <a style="margin-left: 5px;" href="http://twitter.com/weburbanist"><img border="none" src="https://weburbanist.com/wp-content/themes/urbanist/dist/images/feed-twitter.png" width="220px" height="19px" /></a>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>

    <hr width="375px" align="left" />

        <span style="float:left; margin-left: 10px;">[ By <a href='http://weburbanist.com/WebUrbanist/?utm_source=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28compatible%3B+DotBot%2F1.2%3B+%2Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fopensiteexplorer.org%2Fdotbot%3B+help%40moz.com%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed-main-2018-02-10-link-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments&utm_content=unknown&utm_term=feed-author-footer'>WebUrbanist</a> in <a href="https://weburbanist.com/category/architecture/abandonments/" rel="category tag">Abandoned Places</a> &amp; <a href="https://weburbanist.com/category/architecture/" rel="category tag">Architecture</a>. ]</span>

<br /><br />
  <span style="color: #ddd; float:left; margin-left: 10px;">[ <a style="color: #ddd;" href="http://weburbanist.com/?utm_source=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28compatible%3B+DotBot%2F1.2%3B+%2Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fopensiteexplorer.org%2Fdotbot%3B+help%40moz.com%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed-main-2018-02-10-link-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments&utm_content=unknown&utm_term=feed-footer-title">WebUrbanist</a> | <a style="color: #ddd;" href="http://weburbanist.com/archives/?utm_source=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28compatible%3B+DotBot%2F1.2%3B+%2Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fopensiteexplorer.org%2Fdotbot%3B+help%40moz.com%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed-main-2018-02-10-link-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments&utm_content=unknown&utm_term=feed-archives">Archives</a> | <a style="color: #ddd;" href="http://weburbanist.com/galleries/?utm_source=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28compatible%3B+DotBot%2F1.2%3B+%2Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fopensiteexplorer.org%2Fdotbot%3B+help%40moz.com%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed-main-2018-02-10-link-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments&utm_content=unknown&utm_term=feed-galleries">Galleries</a> | <a style="color: #ddd;" href="http://weburbanist.com/privacy/?utm_source=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28compatible%3B+DotBot%2F1.2%3B+%2Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fopensiteexplorer.org%2Fdotbot%3B+help%40moz.com%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed-main-2018-02-10-link-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments&utm_content=unknown&utm_term=feed-privacy">Privacy</a> | <a style="color: #ddd;" href="http://weburbanist.com/terms/?utm_source=Mozilla%2F5.0+%28compatible%3B+DotBot%2F1.2%3B+%2Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fopensiteexplorer.org%2Fdotbot%3B+help%40moz.com%29&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed-main-2018-02-10-link-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments&utm_content=unknown&utm_term=feed-tos">TOS</a> ]</span>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
<br />

<div style="clear: both;"></div>
<br />
    <!-- custom per item content end -->
    ]]>
    </content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://weburbanist.com/2018/02/10/link-rot-social-decay-renders-tech-media-giants-as-urban-abandonments/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">110719</post-id>	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
