Social Media

July 17, 2023

PinkyDoll Mesmerized the Internet With Her Imitations of Video Game Characters

Her TikTok catchphrase, “Ice cream so good,” has become a meme. If you watch a livestream video hosted by the TikTok creator PinkyDoll, it won’t be […]
July 14, 2023

What’s in a Screenshot?

Leaked text messages list the “boundaries for romantic partnership.” Evan Agostini/Invision, via Associated Press Last weekend, Sarah Brady, a semiprofessional surfer, posted a number of screenshots […]
July 11, 2023

Is A.I. the Greatest Technology Ever for Making Dumb Jokes?

T h e F u n p o s t i n g Z o n e Presidents playing Overwatch Audio generated by A.I. Presidents playing […]
July 8, 2023

Matt Rife, the Comedian Who Got Big on TikTok

The one-nighters were starting to blur together. After 11 years in comedy clubs, Matt Rife was selling around 70 tickets per show, sometimes clearing as little […]
July 5, 2023

Guram Gvasalia on Vetements, Madonna and His Future in Fashion

Of all the many Madonna-related posts that have appeared on social media since it was revealed that the artist had been taken ill and forced to […]
July 1, 2023

A ‘Cage Match’ Between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg May Be No Joke

Talks over a matchup between the two tech billionaires have progressed and the parameters of an event are taking shape. Nick Little The day after Elon […]
June 30, 2023

‘Ms. Rachel,’ the YouTube Star, Wants to Sing With Her Littles

The YouTube star of “Songs for Littles,” an online video series that pulls millions of views, says she’s found her calling in encouraging children to speak. […]
June 23, 2023

The TikTok search for the Titanic sub

Tragedies can be good business on social media. @ahrenfn This week, like much of the world, I have been fixated on the submersible Titan, which disappeared […]
June 17, 2023

Baggu’s Totes (and Other Accessories) Find a Gen Z Audience on TikTok

Madi McCool was driving in downtown Philadelphia in the summer of 2020 when she first spotted it: a reusable cloth mask that was actually cute. It […]
June 13, 2023

Daddy, Are You an Influencer?

Fueled by the pandemic and TikTok, a market for content made by fathers has staying power. Meet the “Dadfluencers.” Like many parents in the early months […]