So you want to DM someone on Twitter, or as the youths call it, “slide into someone’s DMs.” Sending a DM, which stands for “direct message” is a convenient way to communicate discretely on the platform — especially if you don’t have that person’s email address or other contact info. The reasons people DM on…
It’s the year 2021 and MySpace has somehow found itself in the Saturday Night Live cold open. With the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen in the news after her testimony in front of Congress on Tuesday, SNL decided to seize the moment and excoriate the old, out-of-touch Senators for asking Haugen tech-dumb questions. The punchline at…
There’s the good kind of attention, and then there’s the bad kind of attention. Twitch streamer and Yogscast member Lydia Ellery found that out the hard way on Thursday when she says her Instagram account was removed without warning. The apparent cause? Her long-owned handle shared a name with the popular Netflix series, Squid Game.…
Don’t piss off the teachers. The National Education Association (NEA), a labor union representing educators of all kinds across the U.S., warned the CEOs of three major social media companies that their respective platforms encourage and amplify dangerous trends among their student users. And the teachers aren’t afraid to name names. In a letter addressed…
Climate change is real. And while one can still deny that reality in their YouTube content, they won’t be able to monetize or run advertisements for it. On Thursday, YouTube updated its ads and monetization policies to prohibit the monetization of climate denialism content. The policy covers content that claims climate change is a hoax…
Ten years ago Ty Cullen uploaded the original “Hey You! What Song are you Listening to? NEW YORK” video to YouTube. Today we are once again asking, what are you listening to? When Cullen’s video was first posted, it inspired filmmakers all over the world to take to the streets to ask strangers what they…
After about six hours offline, Facebook and its apps slowly reemerged on the internet. In those tense few hours, millions of lives (offline and on) were disrupted and the internet, well, hit different.
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Workplace have been down for a good chunk of the day on Monday. So the people of the internet are doing what they do best, making jokes about it on Twitter. Twitter lives for the chaos, so it’s no surprise that people are having hilarious reactions to Facebook and…
The kids are on his lawn, and he damn well needs to tweet about it. Former president and Florida resident Donald Trump is suing Twitter in an attempt to get his account back, reports The Verge. The lawsuit, filed Friday in the Southern District of Florida, seeks to grant the failed blogger immediate temporary access…
I’m a visual learner. I’m always going to know more about something if I can see it, and I know I’m not the only one out there. So if I’m looking to tell people about places I’ve been, products that work for me, or anything I want, really, Instagram Guides are a great way for…