Internet Culture

My little future iPad addicts

This new generation masters screen-swiping years before butt-wiping. So why am I still insisting on rules?

Jackie Ashton Friday, Jun 14, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 18
Technology Real Families, Internet Culture

Twitter thinks Edward Snowden is kind of hot

Users are saying that the NSA whistleblower really blows their whistle

Katie Mcdonough Monday, Jun 10, 2013 3:47 PM UTC
Life Edward Snowden, NSA, Surveillance

I like my imagined literary nemesis

Ben Mezrich's books infuriate me. He's also a nice guy

Alex Halperin Saturday, Jun 1, 2013 10:30 PM UTC
Media Ben Mezrich, Straight Flush

We are the lamest generation!

People love to bag on millennials like me. But you'd be surprised how little debauchery and entitlement is going on

Jennifer Wright Saturday, Jun 1, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 228
Life millennials, Generation Y

Grumpy Cat gets a movie deal

The Internet famous cat also has a book and beverage deals

Prachi Gupta Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:47 PM UTC
Entertainment Grumpy Cat, internet meme, Movies

BuzzFeed, CNN launch social news channel on YouTube

Executives hope "CNN BuzzFeed" will attract young media consumers to CNN and traditional news junkies to BuzzFeed VIDEO

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:48 PM UTC
Business Video, BuzzFeed, CNN, YouTube

Twitter talks back: Obama’s missed salute

The president failed to salute a Marine properly. Microbloggers respond VIDEO

Alex Halperin Friday, May 24, 2013 9:51 PM UTC 117
All Salon Video, Obama, Military, Marine

Facebook’s hate speech problem

Facebook removes photos of women breastfeeding, but rape videos seem to last for days. These women are sick of it

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, May 21, 2013 8:39 PM UTC 62
Technology Facebook, Internet Culture

Twitter’s latest unfunny trend: #killallmen

A satire turns into a serious conversation -- but mostly it's an excuse for both sexes to be obnoxious

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, May 7, 2013 4:32 PM UTC 36
Life Feminism, Men's rights, Twitter

He made me his drug mule

Twenty years after I almost went to jail, I found the guy responsible on Facebook -- and something amazing happened

Alix Wall Wednesday, May 1, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 47
Life Life stories, Drugs, Facebook

Homemade bombs made easier

The Tsarnaevs learned how to make bombs from the Internet. So can anyone. And the problem will only get worse

Andrew Leonard Friday, Apr 26, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 26
All Salon Boston Marathon bombing

What really happened to Sunil Tripathi?

UPDATED: As a body is discovered in Providence, we're reminded of the human cost of the despicable need to be first VIDEO

Mary Elizabeth Williams Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 8:28 PM UTC
Life Video, Sunil Tripathi, Reddit

The Internet’s shameful false ID

Updated: This morning's reports make clear: Citizen detectives smeared a missing college student

Alex Pareene Friday, Apr 19, 2013 12:56 PM UTC 81
News Opening Shot

GOP thinks imitating BuzzFeed to raise money is WIN!

One crazy congressional campaign committee that is totally going to win the midterms with listicles

Alex Pareene Friday, Apr 5, 2013 11:45 AM UTC
Business Opening Shot, Politics, BuzzFeed

My year on Match.com

I'd done so many scary things in my life, but this might be the scariest. At the age of 58, I joined a dating site

Anne Lamott Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 194
Life Life stories, Love and Sex

Not without our apostrophes!

Punctuation gets a reprieve in England

Mary Elizabeth Williams Friday, Mar 29, 2013 7:50 PM UTC 27
Life Grammar, Internet Culture

Sex toy to unite partners across cyberspace

Finally, gadgets that simulate lovers "actions" in real time

Alex Halperin Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 11:11 PM UTC 12
Technology Sex, Consumerism, technology

Everyone loves a dance craze

People were shaking their stuff on the dance floor long before YouTube launched Gangnam Style and the Harlem Shake VIDEO

Olivia Cvitanic, Pacific Standard Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 1:30 PM UTC
Social Video, dancing, Internet Culture

Does reading the comments affect your judgment?

A study reveals the "polarizing" effects of rude comments — and you can count me out

Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, Mar 4, 2013 9:00 PM UTC 64
Technology Internet Culture, Bullying

“We saw your junk”: The inevitable parody arrives

YouTuber Kevin Gisi takes on the men -- thanks for reminding us that we've seen Dustin Hoffman's junk ... VIDEO

David Daley Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 8:29 PM UTC
Oscars Video, We Saw Your Junk

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