Taylor Lorenz
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Reuters The Shooter’s Manifesto Was Designed to Troll
The violent rhetoric was written for an audience.
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Shutterstock The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is … Google Docs
How a writing tool became the new default way to pass notes in class
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Discord / Birb Meme How an App for Gamers Went Mainstream
Discord has become an indispensable tool for internet creators to connect with their fans.
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Pocket / Vimeo Pocket Offers a Glimpse Into a 15-Year-Old’s iPhone
The new film documents what it’s like to come of age in the mobile era.
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PSNI.Craigavon / Facebook Momo Is Not Trying to Kill Children
Like eating Tide Pods and snorting condoms, the Momo challenge is a viral hoax.
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Shutterstock When Kids Realize Their Whole Life Is Already Online
Googling yourself has become a rite of passage.
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Reuters / Joshua Roberts It’s Impossible to Follow a Conversation on Twitter
Without major fixes to the product, the platform will never be a place for complex discussions.
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Anton Starikov / creativestockexchange / Shutterstock / Katie ... The World-Record Instagram Egg Is Going to Make Someone Very Rich
“Being the first brand to crack out of the egg is worth at least $10 million.”
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@inflouencing Instagram Meme Accounts Are Pretty Now
Teen girls are using a new format to express themselves and forge connections online.
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Shutterstock The Instagram-Husband Revolution
The men behind the camera are ready to step into the spotlight.
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Jackson Weimer Teens Are Spamming Instagram to Fight an Apparent Network of Child Porn
#dropboxlinks has gone viral after hundreds of users posted memes about the tag’s concerning material.
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harpazo_hope / Getty Don’t Reply to Your Emails
The case for inbox infinity
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Shutterstock How Comments Became the Best Part of Instagram
In a world where everyone’s photos look the same, comments are what keep posts interesting.
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Javrock / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Instagram’s Christmas Crackdown
No meme account is safe—not even @God.
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Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock / The Atlantic When a Sponsored Facebook Post Doesn’t Pay Off
The agency Speakr set influencers up with brands for lucrative campaigns—and then stiffed them.
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Shutterstock Rising Instagram Stars Are Posting Fake Sponsored Content
“It’s street cred—the more sponsors you have, the more credibility you have.”
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Shutterstock Instagram Is the New Evite
For high schoolers, at least
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Shutterstock The Controversy Over Parents Who Eat Lunch With Their Children at School
Schools claim it’s disruptive for parents to eat in the cafeteria. But parents crave the quality time, and some say it’s a good thing for them to be involved with their kids’ place of learning.
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Shutterstock The Infinite Weirdness of Never-Ending Chat Histories
A Facebook bug resurfaced old chats for users around the world, and things got awkward.
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NO1 Everything on Social Media Is for Sale
Welcome to the age of micro-monetization.
