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July 21, 2023

Are Influencers on Strike Too?

The Hollywood work stoppage could shake up your For You page. Jenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times Hollywood’s actors are on strike. Many 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 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 8, 2023

What Is Girl Dinner?

Women across TikTok are showing off their suppers — snack plates made by one person, for the consumption and enjoyment of one person. It’s 90 degrees […]
July 4, 2023

Freckle Tattoos Are Making Their Mark on TikTok

You get a freckle tattoo, you get a freckle tattoo. Everybody gets a freckle tattoo! On a recent June morning in Brooklyn, Chloe Sarre nearly drifted […]
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 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 […]
June 9, 2023

A Sex-Shaming Rant About Margaritas Accidentally Became the Song of the Summer

Angel Laketa Moore, a comedian and actor​, remixed a ​sexually explicit Evangelical sermon​. Tetra Images/Alamy The early contender for the song of summer is a TikTok-fueled […]
June 8, 2023

New York Nico Celebrates the City’s Colorful Side

More Than Likes is a series about social media personalities who are trying to do positive things for their communities. Before he was New York Nico […]
June 7, 2023

What Is a Beige Flag? TikTok’s New Term for Weird Dating Habits.

On TikTok, the term is being used to describe romantic partners’ weird habits that are less than a deal breaker, but not exactly a plus, either. […]