Social Media

January 10, 2024

Content Creators Are Getting Paid to Capture Your Wedding Online

Brides and grooms are hiring content creators to film, edit footage and produce Instagram and TikTok posts with music, transitions and behind-the-scenes moments. While searching on […]
January 4, 2024

Happy Puppies and Silly Geese: Pushing the Limits of A.I. Absurdity

A recent update to ChatGPT made it easier to create images. It wasn’t long before some began pushing the chatbot to its limits. What is the […]
January 4, 2024

The Man Who Destroys $3,000 Handbags on the Internet

Under the handle Tanner Leatherstein, Volkan Yilmaz rips, burns and slices apart luxury goods to show how much he thinks they are really worth. One video […]
January 3, 2024

What’s ‘In’ for 2024? In-and-Out Lists, Apparently.

In the final days of 2023, social media was overrun with tongue-in-cheek predictions for the year ahead from regular people moonlighting as professional prognosticators. Extra-large bags, […]
January 1, 2024

12 Predictions for the Trends We’ll See in 2024

A new year brings new beginnings. For the Styles Desk, it also comes with an old pastime: Predicting the fashion and lifestyle trends that may bubble […]
December 27, 2023

Why the Watermelon Emoji Is a Symbol of Support for Palestinians

The fruit has taken on new prominence since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war. On and off social media, watermelons are being used as a symbol […]
December 20, 2023

The Year in Social Media

You may have forgotten — or wanted to forget — what happened on the internet in 2023. We’re here to refresh your memory. Algorithms are getting […]
December 20, 2023

The Year in Social Media

You may have forgotten — or wanted to forget — what happened on the internet in 2023. We’re here to refresh your memory. Algorithms are getting […]
December 14, 2023

The North Sea Can Be Scary. But Maybe Not TikTok Scary.

A trend nobody asked for is here: Terrifying videos of unruly waves. High waves fill your field of vision, your palms start to sweat and your […]
December 13, 2023

Hair-Loss TikTok Offers Community, and Dubious Recommendations

Zeph Sanders was 20 when his hair began to fall out. As it thinned from the density of AstroTurf to spare wisps, he hid his head […]