INTERNET OPERATOR

August 11, 2026 | Permanently Moved 🔊 Who-or what-are you online? A profile, handle, podcast, avatar, or AI persona can be addressed, remembered, praised, criticised, and made socially present. But it is not quite identical to the person behind it. This episode of Permanently Moved is an hour-long audio essay on digital identity, personal branding, social media, puppetry, platform culture, and AI. It argues that online identity is best understood not as performance or authenticity, but as animation: a figure brought to life through an operator, audience, and apparatus. @thejaymo https://permanentlymoved.online/episode-303-internet-operator 301 // Permanently Moved Show Supporter 📻 Support the Show Quarterly zine; my gift to you. £5 Monthly 👏 Subscribe 🔊 Apple Podcasts Spotify Pocket Casts YouTube Music Overcast Amazon Music RSS Feed Wherever you get your podcasts. INTERNET OPERATOR Social Media as Theatre: How Avatars & AI Animate Identity Online Internet Operator is a long-form audio…