Tag Archives: Social media

The Problem of Internet Points

Upvotes. Likes. Digs. Internet points are common across the web, and used to signal agreement [...]

True Crime Isn’t Always True

With the rise of True Crime podcasts, some cases become little cultural touchstones. Beginning podcasts [...]

TikTok’s Censorship is Bad To Convey Ideas

“Unaliving” and Other Such Words TikTok started out pretty rough when it was introduced to [...]

Tumblr’s True Stories Are Stranger Than Fiction

Now that Tumblr’s back in good graces thanks to Musk’s purchase of Twitter, it’s time [...]

TikTok and New Radio Pop

Choruses, generally, are catchy. When you only hear a song once, the chorus may be [...]

The ‘Slap a Teacher’ Trend Wasn’t Real

Facebook paid for those ads and it’s weird. TikTok Trends Most of the TikTok trends [...]

Gray Markets Online? It’s More Likely Than you Think!

Believe it or not, virtual items can become real money when it comes to games. [...]

Online True Stories… Or Creative Fiction?

You think somebody would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies? Tumblr [...]

Some Trends Die When They Leak Out of Containment

Out of Touch (Out of Time) Out of Touch Thursday refers to a popular Tumblr [...]

Why do we make things Haunted?

I watched a Youtuber (IzzzYzzz) discuss a Tumblr community that imploded, only for it to [...]