Can we survive the social web?
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Facebook Is a Doomsday Machine
” No single machine should be able to control so many people.”
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The Mormon Mommy Bloggers of Instagram
Alexandra Tanner spent this weird year following Mormon mommy bloggers on Instagram.
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My Mommies and Me
Alexandra Tanner’s essay is a hilarious and dark look into the lives of Mormon mommy bloggers on Instagram.
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The Social Media Managers Are Not Okay
“They’re on the front lines of a relentless and overwhelming news cycle that is pushing them to the edge.”
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What Is The Internet Doing To Boomers’ Brains?
“Social media platforms are sucking a generation into a misinformation rabbit hole.”
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Travel Influencers, Meet Authoritarian Regimes
“The influencer industry has grown to be cozy with some unsavory governments, but its clout might not be as effective as it once was.”
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How “Am I the Asshole?” Created a Medium Place on the Internet
“The famous subreddit started as a forum for one man to ask about his workplace behavior. Seven years later, it’s become a platform where millions of people discuss good, bad, and everything in between. How did it get here? And can it actually help make people better?”
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Mark in the Middle
“There was no obvious way to placate liberal employees and conservative users at the same time.” Casey Newton reports on the dynamics inside Facebook and shares a series of leaked audio recordings from internal meetings this summer.
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‘It’s An iPad, Not An usPad’: Douglas Rushkoff on Digital Isolation
“There’s no Dropbox plan that will let us upload body and soul to the cloud. We are still here on the ground, with the same people and on the same planet we are being encouraged to leave behind.”