Kaitlyn Tiffany
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Getty; The Atlantic I Made the World’s Blandest Facebook Profile, Just to See What Happens
My new Facebook account had the most generic interests possible, and still it brought me to a place no one should ever have to go.
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Getty; The Atlantic ‘Thank You, Brandon’ Is Just Embarrassing
The first big meme battle of the Biden presidency is here, and it’s uncomfortable to watch.
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Bettmann / Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Art of the Boyfriend ‘Soft Launch’
In the age of Instagram, starting a new relationship means coming up with a public-relations strategy.
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YouTube; The Atlantic Gossip Bloggers Caught Canoodling With QAnon
Is it ever okay to speculate that Hollywood celebrities are drinking the blood of children?
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Getty; The Atlantic Tucker Carlson Makes a Play for the Barbz
Nicki Minaj fans are defending her vaccine hesitancy, and the right is using it as a recruitment opportunity.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Al Capone Approach to Anti-vaxxers
The social-media giants are going after vaccine liars and conspiracists for technicalities. Is there a better way to protect the truth?
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The Atlantic How Long Will Twitter Cling to Its Dumbest Feature?
People love to hate the site’s “What’s happening” tab. Why won’t the company just let it go?
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Michael Houtz Maybe You Missed It, but the Internet ‘Died’ Five Years Ago
A conspiracy theory spreading online says the whole internet is now fake. It’s ridiculous, but possibly not that ridiculous?
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Getty; The Atlantic Pfizer Gang Is Pfinished
Was a fun internet culture around vaccines ever going to last?
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Alberto Pezzali / AP; The Atlantic It’s August, and No One Knows What Kind of Summer It Is
For a moment it was hot vax summer; then the vibe sort of shifted.
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Getty; The Atlantic Left-Wing Activists Are Bringing Back MAGA Twitter
An anonymous social-media account claims to “combat right-wing threats” to democracy, and recently started fundraising through a PAC.
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Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images / Getty; Steven … To Be Honest With You, No Influencer Has Been Treated More Unfairly Than Donald Trump Jr.
The most furious and oddly compelling of the Trumps is developing a personal brand as a victim of the platform he loves.
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Barry Paterson / Shutterstock.com Meet the Anti-MAGA Trolls
Inside the Reddit communities that can’t leave the right-wing internet alone
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The Atlantic I’m Scared of the Person TikTok Thinks I Am
TikTok’s recommendation algorithm is known for its accuracy and even its “magic.” What does it mean if the videos it picks for you are totally disgusting?
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Bettmann / Getty; Larry Towell / Magnum; Nextrecord … The Rise and Fall of an American Tech Giant
Kodak changed the way Americans saw themselves and their country. But it struggled to reinvent itself for the digital age.
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H. Armstrong Roberts / Getty; Adam Maida / … You Can’t Escape the Attention Economy
That’s not just a tweet; that’s your original idea and your intellectual property, and maybe you can sell it.
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Mandel Ngan / Brendan Smialoski / AFP / … Facebook Won’t Talk About the Insurrection
And Trump is allowed back on the platform in 2023.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Screenshots Are the Gremlins of the Internet
First of all, keep them out of the light.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Getty America Offline
We’ve just lived through the most online period in history. What comes next?
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic / Spiderstock / … The Trump Decision Turned Content Moderation Into Shark Week
This is new, and this is bizarre.
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