How Secret Societies Stay Hidden on the Internet
Inside the surreal recruitment process of a legendary club—or something like it—at New York University
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Thomas Peter/Reuters The Secret to That Potato-Salad Kickstarter Campaign's Success
Most of the money came from people who gave $35 to $49.
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Nadine Ajaka Anti-Surveillance Camouflage for Your Face
In a world of increasingly sophisticated facial-recognition technology, a drastic technique can throw the machines off your trail.
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Curtis Wallen How to Invent a Person Online
Is it possible to be truly anonymous in the digital world?
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Apple Records Abbey Road's Photographic Echo
A live cam lets you watch tourists recreate the famous album cover—and it tells us something about images in the process.
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flickr/Ray Dumas What Happens When Digital Cities Are Abandoned?
Exploring the pristine ruins of Second Life and other online spaces
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Martin/Flickr Figuring Out How to Mourn in the Age of Skype
Do religious traditions still provide a good map for grieving?
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flickr/Holly Lay She's Still Dying on Facebook
It’s been five years since my best friend from high school passed away, but her death happens over and over online.
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flickr/Alejandro Mallea I Sent All My Text Messages in Calligraphy for a Week
And here's what I learned.
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Reuters What the New Kids on the Block Taught Me About Social Networks
In the early 1990s, New Kids on the Block fans fed their fascination on Prodigy, as Justin Bieber's do today on the Internet. But while the fandom might be the same, the online world has changed.
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Library of Congress Why People Name Their Machines
Anthropomorphizing devices makes humans feel like machines work for them.
