Tag: social media

The algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps don’t know when your life changes course — and can keep up a stream of painful memories.

In an interview at GQ, Patricia Lockwood talks about the perils of being extremely online.

“I think there is a better-than-good chance that our behaviors will change as a result of this pandemic. I am currently creating a ledger and thinking about opportunities, not just for innovation, but for a better humanity.”

Can we survive the social web?

A reading list on travel influencers and the implications of Instagram on tourism and politics.

“They’re on the front lines of a relentless and overwhelming news cycle that is pushing them to the edge.”

Are Instagrammers and selfie culture destroying the outdoors? At Outside, Lisa Chase sets off to find out.

The Information Age is also the age of information overload. Here’s what one person learned about the human brain after cleansing himself of screens.

All the good habits and self-optimization in the world don’t give you real control over your body. Back away from the bread starter.

The site that revolutionized how people released and listened to music has died multiple deaths since its 2003 debut, but it finally gets the eulogy it deserves.

Dialogue, Twitter-style: you get called out on social media. People pile on to you. Other people pile on to the pile-oners. Soon everyone’s anxious or angry or both, no one’s really talking (or listening), and a few tech CEOs are buying new houses in Jackson Hole.

What the people we envy online can tell us about ourselves.

Laura Lippman, admittedly a rotten friend, is bummed by the ways in which friendships end as one gets older.

Are you really achieving representation for your child with special needs if you’re only sharing the upbeat, attractive photos on social media?

There’s no such thing as a 140-character exegesis: the (non)-discourse around “Joker” is the latest to prove that social media is designed for emotion, not dialogue.
 

Mary H.K. Choi discusses her latest novel, which examines how “holograms and digital envoys” represent us online, and why it feels like her “second book signals the death of my first.”

Eryn Loeb looks back on a summer spent taking pictures, and a friend she lost touch with.

Maybe it’s time for an internet break… after you read this.

Health care and medical sponsored content from influencers is growing on Instagram. But is it ethical?

At Curbed, Alexandra Marvar explores homeownership in the age of the Instagram travel influencer.

Posting videos of the drug addicted in active overdose to social media in a bid to publicly shame them to get clean is as about as effective as you’d expect it to be.

Kids are a growing part of Instagram’s influencer marketing industry. At Fast Company, Katharine Schwab reports on the rising stars of the platform — and the parents managing their “careers” behind the scenes.

The pros and cons of building one’s brand on Twitter.

How a terrified mother tried — and failed — to be a walking-talking public service announcement.

What does a magazine cover mean in the digital age?

In the last few years, self-publishing and marketing your own books has become increasingly more difficult.

As once-popular Snapchat becomes an increasingly irrelevant platform, Helena Fitzgerald finds beauty in its uselessness.

A new breed of charlatan posts images of their fake opulent lifestyles on Instagram to lure followers into investing in sketchy financial products.

Online harassment gets out of hand constantly. Can prosocial bots help turn the tide of anonymous interactions before people become abusive?

Spending long periods of time reading people argue with one another on the internet can be wearying. So why do we do it?