#social media
# politics
Yes, being a professional asshole is now a viable career option. Which is awful news for online discourse.
# tech
Social media isn't for people anymore. It's for bots, AI, investors, and metrics.
# tech
Handing TikTok to Trump's friends seems like a slam dunk for MAGA's PR goals, but the platform may be too unruly and too feisty to easily manipulate.
# tech
No one forgot about 4chan. The site may be on and off, but we all live in the world its worst trolls built.
# tech
Grifters and trolls around the world are making bank destabilizing nations with lies.
# tech
Science says that as we get older, we stop asking questions to which we may not like the answers.
# tech
Social media doomers are thinking of what will replace big platforms as they fail. They may be jumping the gun on that...
# tech
Hi, it's us. We are the problem, says a study on how to fix social media.
# longform
A eulogy for the wild, free, messy, organic, human internet.
# longform
Americans are becoming less social and more isolated. And our technology keeps encouraging this trend.
# oddities
Coverage of the fires and ICE protests in Los Angeles this year has been vicious and wildly hyperbolic. It's just a matter of time until your city is next.
# tech
"Are you triggered yet? Because we really, really need you to be..."
# tech
Millions dream of going viral and making a fortune being creative. Because an entire industry is lying to them that it's never been easier...
# tech
Social media's aversion to expertise, hype from AI companies, and fear of automation, turned useful new tools into objects of dutiful worship.
# oddities
A ramble about social media algorithms, the creator economy, and the futility of trying to go viral for a living.
