Kaitlyn Tiffany
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Divine Origins of the Horny Chain Text
Crude, emoji-based chain texts are an internet-indigenous art form, and a viral menace. But where do they come from?
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James Darell / Getty The Risk of ‘Getting Bangs’
When a woman picks up a pair of scissors, she also picks up a trope.
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Getty Why Normal People Want to Work in Silicon Valley
Anna Wiener’s new memoir, Uncanny Valley, tells the story of a regular person under the spell of disruption.
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Tim Mosenfelder / Getty / Arsh Raziuddin / ... The Early Internet, Explained by One Weird Celine Dion Fan Site
A man loved the singer so much, he spent a decade collecting dreams about her.
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Paket / Getty / The Atlantic The Purest Fandom Is Telling Celebrities They’re Stupid
What’s the counterpoint to toxic fandom? Rude fandom.
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Bettman / Getty / The Atlantic Why Kids Online Are Chasing ‘Clout’
How did a word once reserved for union bosses get co-opted by anybody with a viral tweet?
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RG-vc / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The ... The Drunk-Text Decade
Americans with cellphones went into a recession and came out the other side with a new communication style.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic Tumblr’s First Year Without Porn
The engine of internet culture is chugging along, changed.
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Kevin Mazur / Getty; Katie Martin The New Ticket Scalpers Are Young, Unashamed, and Very Online
Hanging out on Discord with today’s teen-idol ticket scalpers—average guys, no bots
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Skaman306 / Getty The Most Useful App Is Find My Friends
In defense of location sharing, the best way to make life into a movie
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Billion Photos / Julladit Portfolio / Expensive / ... How to Make a Website
wikiHow embodies an alternative history of the internet, and an interesting possibility for its future.
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10'000 Hours / Getty Managing Your Friendships, With Software
A slew of new start-ups want to help people manage their relationships the way they would sales leads. Should we be worried about our friends turning us into data points?
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Jasmin Merdan / Getty Inside R/Relationships, the Unbearably Human Corner of Reddit
How a subreddit seemingly destined to devolve into chaos stays remarkably sane
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Carlos Jasso / AP The People Who Really, Really Love Mark Zuckerberg
The Facebook CEO’s recent speech was met with thousands of adoring, over-the-top comments. Who would write them?
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Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images Why the New Instagram It Girl Spends All Her Time Alone
Loneliness is Instagram’s hottest trend.
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Shutterstock Is Anyone Going to Get Rich off of Email Newsletters?
Venture capital has finally come for the least sexy communication style.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic What Is Facebook Dating For?
An app that matches people based on their offline lives is a great idea—but 2019 is a strange time to have it.
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Matt Sayles / AP Famous for Looking Like Someone More Famous
Memes and moments come and go on TikTok, but its fascination with celebrity look-alikes is forever.
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Carol Yepes / Getty ‘Close Friends,’ for a Monthly Fee
Influencer culture has normalized charging money for all kinds of intimacy.
