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"description": "The New York Post published a report (of sorts) about commuters having difficulty navigating the labyrithine Fulton Street (Manhattan) subway station, which functions as something of a major hub in lower Manhattan. I call this a report of sorts because it was prompted by a TikTok practitioner who engaged in social media performance art by wearing a sign promising directions to the Brooklyn-bound J-Z trains. I have not been in the Fulton subway station in some time. While it does involve a […]",
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"publishedAt": "2026-04-08T17:05:01.000Z",
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"textContent": "The New York Post published a report (of sorts) about commuters having difficulty navigating the labyrithine Fulton Street (Manhattan) subway station, which functions as something of a major hub in lower Manhattan. I call this a report of sorts because it was prompted by a TikTok practitioner who engaged in social media performance art by wearing a sign promising directions to the Brooklyn-bound J-Z trains. I have not been in the Fulton subway station in some time. While it does involve a good amount of walking to make some transfers, this New York Post article is very TikTok-brained. It misses the forest through the trees, where the trees are individual distressed commuters. The problem is that you now have people trying to navigate Subway stations whose entire concept of “navigation” is staring at their phone. Signs confuse them.\n\nYou can reply to this article from your own site by sending a Webmention.",
"title": "On the Phone Map Crisis"
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